Note E392 — 63.
Reading edition
"Verlets," originally a servant to a knight, below page or squire, though often used in French Romance as equivalent to a squire. "Pages, varlets, ou damoiseaux: noms quelquefois communs aux ecuyers."—Cotgrave. Ducange (Gloss. M. et I. Lat.) has: "Valeti valecti appellati vulgo magnatum filii, qui necdum militare cingulum consecuti erant: vassallorum filii vassaleti dicti." Levins (Manip. Vocab.) says: "Varlett, verna." See Wedgwood, Dict. Eng. Etymology, s.v. Valet.