Note 1289 — THE HONORABLE HISTORIE of frier Bacon, and frier Bongay.

Dy. and G., 'to keep alongside of,' Fr. côtoyer. W. explains, 'to pass' and cites Hamlet, II. ii. 306. Derivation uncertain; but the word is here figuratively used; as if the Prince should say,—"As a greyhound in coursing goeth endways by his fellow and giveth the hare a turn, so do thou outstrip the clown (head him off), court Margaret (give her the turn), and thus cut him out." See New Eng. Dict. on Turberville's Venerie, 246 (1575); and distinction between 'coting' and 'coasting' or going alongside of. Professor Wagner's Der abgesante soll sich an die seite des ländlichen liebhabers heften, so dass ihn dieser nicht los werden kann is somewhat amusing. Cf. "crost, controulde" 2 A. W. A. Sc. xii, l. 88.