TEXT 85: The Boke of Margery Kempe (ii)

Page 263 Freeborn. DIFFICULT WORDS.

After = for
Bliss = extreme happiness joy
Mirth = fun
Start = a sudden involuntary movement of the body, occasioned by surprise, terror, joy or grief. “To give a start”.
Sob (sobbing) = a little more than cry. “To cry your eyes out”
Wretched: feeling unhappy.