_Sequitur Epitoma_ _De morbilloso Thoma,_ _Necnon obscœno_ _De Polyphemo, &c._
_Porro perbelle dissimulatum_ _Illum Pandulphum,[245] tantum legatum,_ _Tum formidatum nuper prælatum,_ _Ceu Naman Syrum nunc elongatum,[246]_ _In solitudine jam commoratum,_ _Neapolitano morbo gravatum,_ _Malagmate, cataplasmate stratum,[247]_ _Pharmacopolæ[248] ferro foratum,_ _Nihilo magis alleviatum,_ _Nihilo melius aut medicatum,_ 10 _Relictis famulis ad famulatum,_ _Quo[249] tollatur infamia,_ _Sed major patet insania;_ _A modo ergo ganea_ _Abhorreat ille ganeus,_ _Dominus male creticus,_ _Aptius dictus tetricus,_ _Fanaticus, phreneticus,_ _Graphicus sicut metricus_ _Autumat._ 20 _Hoc genus dictaminis_ _Non eget examinis_ _In centiloquio_ _Nec centimetro_ _Honorati_ _Grammatici_ _Mauri._
[115] _Here after foloweth a lytell boke, &c._] From the ed. by Kele, n. d., collated with that by Wyght, n. d., with that by Kytson, n. d., and with Marshe’s ed. of Skelton’s _Workes_, 1568.
[117] _The relucent mirror, &c.... by Skelton_] So Marshe’s ed. Not in other eds.
[118] _All noble men, &c._] These twenty-eight introductory lines, which are found in all the eds. of this poem, are also printed as a distinct piece, in the various editions of _Certaine bokes compyled by Mayster Skelton, &c._, n. d., and in Marshe’s ed. of Skelton’s _Workes_, 1568.
[119] _in_] _Certayne bokes, &c._, and the distinct piece in Marshe’s ed., “of.”
[120] _Sapyence_] Eds. of Kytson, and (in both places) Marshe, and all eds. but one of _Certaine bokes, &c._, “Pacyence” (with various spelling).
[121] _Thorow_] So (with various spelling) _Certaine bokes, &c._, and the distinct piece in Marshe’s ed. Other eds. “Through.”
[122] _And_] _Certaine bokes, &c._, and the distinct piece in Marshe’s ed., “That.”
[127] _a_] Not in eds. of Kytson, and Marshe.
[132] _do_] Not in eds. of Kytson, and Marshe.
[133] _crauynge_] Kele’s ed. “crauyne.” Other eds. “crauyng.”
[134] _Scot_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “scote.”
[135] _his_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “hes.”
[136] _Bothombar_] Other eds. “Bothambar.”
[137] _made_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “mad.”
[139] _to_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “in _to_.”
[141] _made_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “mad.”
[142] _vrcheons_] Eds. of Kytson, and Marshe, “heons.”