Definition of "meinie"

And whanne they in the caſtel wyſte hou ſire Palomydes had ſped there was a Ioyeful meyny / and ſoo ſir Palomydes departed / and came to the caſtell of Lonaȝep"And when they in the castle wist how Sir Palomides had sped, there was a joyful meiny; and so Sir Palomides departed, and came to the castle of Lonazep."(please add an English translation of this quotation)

1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum lxiv”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book X, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, page 525

His speech thus spake the Moor, and took his leave,he and his meiny where the bátels lay:formal farewells to chief and crews he gave,exchanging congees with due courtesy.

1880, Richard Francis Burton, Os Lusíadas, volume I, page 23

And in the evening they went with their simple captain to his lodging; but a certain of his simple and rude meinie abode there all the night [...].

1965, Jack Robert Lander, The Wars of the Roses

For the mutable ranke-ſented Meynie, / Let them regard me, as I doe not flatter, / And therein behold themſelues.

c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene i]