The creancer looked after the young man's money, disciplined him and perhaps gave him some teaching, though the youth went also to the lectures provided by the university and later by the colleges.

It strikes me that organizing a jake over the net is a bad idea, because Hormel could conceivably find out about it before it happens. That's not going to stop me from participating though.

Hie tho' off […] or th' dur may be teen'd.

[T]he rival and the admirer would certainly avoid amending imprudencies, by which they were both equally likely to profit.