Page 3. v. 5. fole] i. e. fool. v. 6. vnhappely be vryd] i. e. ill conditioned, &c. p. 197. v. 95. *v. 9. The amense therof is far to call agayne] i. e. apparently, the amends, cure, is far to seek. v. 10. by] i. e. buy, acquire. Page 4. v. 16. sad] i. e. grave, serious, sober. know. and a man wolde wyt] i. e. if a man could v. 24. Mary] i. e. By the Virgin Mary. v. 33. Ye, to knackynge ernyst what and it preve]— i. e. Yea, what if it prove mocking earnest: compare the preceding line, and see Jamieson's Et. Dict. of Scott. Lang. in v. Knack. Page 5. v. 35, in the mew] i. e. in confinement,properly, the place in which hawks were kept, or in which fowls were fattened: see note on Why come ye nat to Courte, v. 219. * v. 36. a cue] i. e. half a farthing. "Cu, halfe a farthynge, or q., Calcus." Prompt. Parvul. ed. Way. p. 106. Q. should seem to stand for quadrans, a farthing; but Minshew, who finished his first edition in Oxford, says it was only half that sum, and thus particularly explains it: "Because they set down in the battling or butterie bookes in Oxford and Cambridge, the letter q. for halfe a farthing, and in Oxford, when they make that cue or q. a farthing, they say, cap my q., and make it a farthing thus a." Nares's Glossary. q It seems possible that cue or q. may have been an abreviation of " calcus, quarta pars oboli." Way's note in v. Page 5. v. 37. to] i. e. too. v. 39. condyssende] "I Condescende, I agre to a mater." Palsgrave, p. 493. v. 44. countenaunce] i. e. continence, restraint. v. 47. corage] i. e. inclination, desires. v. 56. parcell] i. e. part, portion. v. 57. Ye] i. e. Yea. Page 6. v. 60. 1. e. I could bring in somewhat to hinder, contravene, your conception of the subject. author's Garlande of Laurell; So again in our "Madame, your apposelle is wele inferrid, Towchid, and hard for to be debarrid." v. 65. fet] i. e., fetch. v. 141. vol. ii. 176. v. 72. the surpluse of my sawe] i. e. the remainder of my saying. v. 74. where as] i. e. where. v. 80. ryn] i. e. run. Page 7. v. 86. wonder] may observe that the Roxburgh reprint, without authority, and against the sense, has "no wonder." v. 89. ken] i. e. instruct. v. 90. wonders] i. e. wondrous. v. 92. to] i. e. too. Page 7. v. 94. other] i. e. either. v. 95. To you So Skelton again; "Syth vnto me formest this processe is erectyd." v. 2507 of the present drama. Arrectinge vnto your wyse examinacion He has also, Id. v. 55. p. ii. 173. Arect in our early writers frequently signifies—impute, a meaning foreign to the present passages: in the two last cited, there can be no doubt that it is used in the sense of raise: in the others it seems to mean-offer, refer. v. 103. Come of, therfore, let se] Compare Chaucer; let see, come off, and say." Court of Loue-Workes, fol. 331. ed. 1602. and Reynard the Fox; "Why tarye ye thus longe, come of." Sig. b 7. ed. 1481: and Morte d'Arthur; "Come of thenne sayd they alle, and do hit." Book xx. cap. iiii. vol. ii. 394. ed. Southey. v. 106. reason and skyll] An expression which Skelton has elsewhere; but the words are nearly synonymous. "Skyll. Racio.” Prompt. Parv. ed. 1499. Page 8. v. 113. chere] i. e. spirit,—or reception. v. 114. intere] i. e. entire. v. 115. Oracius to recorde] i. e. Horace to witness. NOTES TO VOLUME II. Page 8. v. 117. to] i. e. too. v. 126. Measure is treasure] Lydgate mentions this as 66 an olde prouerbe: MS. Harl. 2251. fol. 29, and his poem beginning "Men see his verses on Moderation, wryte of cold how mesour is tresour." Id. 2255. fol. 143. this] i. e. thus; see note, p. 2. v. 38. v. 131. Ye] i. e. Yea. Page 9. v. 133. kynde] i. e. nature. v. 134. renne] i. e. run. v. 137. a rest] i. e. a wrest-by which the strings of harps and other musical instruments were drawn up. v. 138. All trebyllys and tenours be rulyd by a meyne] "Intercentus. a meane of a songe." Ortus Vocab. fol. ed. W. de Worde, n. d. In the notes on Shakespeare, in Todd's Johnson's Dict. &c., mean is wrongly explained—tenor: what the mean was, depended entirely on the rature of the composition. v. 139. beste] i. e. beast. v. 149. skyll] i. e. reason: see note on v. 106. * v. 151. It is no maystery] i. e. what you say requires no masterly skill. "So me helpe God! queth Beues tho, Hit were no meistri me to slo, For this is the ferthe dai agon Mete ne drinke ne bot I non." Sir Beues of Hamtoun, p. 68. Maitl. ed. 'That is lytel maystry sayd syre launcelot to slee myn hors." Morte d'Arthur, B. xix. c. iiii. vol. ii. 369. ed Southey. v. 153. herdely] i. e. firmly. Page 10. v. 166. hyght] i. e. am called. Page 11. v. 175. Conuenyent] i. e. Fit, suitable. ryall] i. e. royal. v. 178. syttynge] i. e. proper, becoming, a word very common in our early poetry (altered unnecessarily to "fyttinge" in the Roxburgh reprint of this piece). v. 182. his large] i. e. his range. v. 184. hooly] i. e. wholly. v. 189. sawe] i. e. sow. v. 190. nother to] i. e. neither too. lawe] i. e. low: so again in v. 2541, nowe by, nowe lawe degre." v. 193. consayte] i. e. conception. Page 12. v. 202. losyll so lyther] i. e. scoundrel so wicked. v. 209. plenarly] i. e. fully, entirely. * v. 213. Had I wyste] [i. e. of a mistake which you may have cause to repent.] See note, p. 3. v. 40. v. 216. to fer] i. e. too far. v. 219. defaute] i. e. default, want. Page 13. v. 226. mone] i. e. moon. v. 230. lyghtly]" Lightly or sone [i. e. soon]. Leuit er." Prompt. Parv. ed. 1499: or, easily. v. 231. to moche] i. e. too much. v. 233. scole] i. e. school. v. 234. a poppynye fole]—fole, i. e. fool. popte fole or a starke fole for the nones. "He is a Homo fatui tate monstrabilis." Hormanni Vulgaria, sig. P iii. ed. And see note, p. 197. v. 39. 1530. v. 239. delyaunce] i. e. dalliance, delay. Page 14. v. 249. endure] i. e. remain, dwell. v. 256. Here is none forsyth whether you flete or |