[231] _me_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “we.”
[232] _And_] Eds. of Kytson, and Marshe, “That.”
[233] _afore_] Eds. of Kytson, and Marshe, “before.”
[234] _they_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “the.”
[242] _hood_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “hode.”
[245] _Pandulphum_] Other eds. “_pandulohum_.”
[246] _elongatum_] Marshe’s ed. “_longatum_.”
[247] _cataplasmate stratum_] Eds. “_cataplasmati statum_.”
[248] _Pharmacopolæ_] Eds. (with various spelling) “_Pharmacapoli_.”
DECASTICHON VIRULENTUM IN GALERATUM LYCAONTA MARINUM, &c.
_Proh dolor, ecce, maris lupus, et nequissimus ursus,_ _Carnificis vitulus, Britonumque bubulcus iniquus,_ _Conflatus vitulus vel Oreb, vel Salmane vel Zeb,_ _Carduus, et crudelis Asaphque Datan reprobatus,_ _Blandus et Achitophel regis, scelus omne Britannum,_ _Ecclesias qui namque Thomas confundit ubique,_ _Non sacer iste Thomas, sed duro corde Goleas,_ _Quem gestat mulus,—Sathane, cacet,[250] obsecro, culus_ _Fundens asphaltum, precor! Hunc versum lege cautum;_ _Asperius nihil est misero quum surget in altum.[251]_ 10
[251] _quum surget in altum_] Not in Marshe’s ed.
APOSTROPHA AD[252] LONDINI CIVES (CITANTE[253] MULUM ASINO AUREO GALERATO) IN OCCURSUM ASELLI,[254] &c.
_Excitat, en,[255] asinus mulum,[256] mirabile visu,_ _Calcibus! O vestro cives occurrite asello,_ _Qui regnum regemque regit, qui vestra gubernat_ _Prædia, divitias, nummos, gazas, spoliando!_
_Dixit alludens, immo illudens, paradoxam de asino aureo galerato._
_Hæc vates ille,_ _De quo loquuntur mille._
[253] _citante_] Eds. “_citanto_” and “_citando_.”
[254] _aselli_] Eds. “_aguile_:” compare the second line. The Editor of 1736 printed “_asini_.”
HOWE THE DOUTY DUKE OF ALBANY,[257] LYKE A COWARDE KNYGHT, RAN AWAYE SHAMFULLY, WITH AN HUNDRED THOUSANDE TRATLANDE SCOTTES AND FAINT HARTED FRENCHEMEN, BESIDE THE WATER OF TWEDE, &c.