“It is a rechelesse rage, And a lunatyke _oueraye_.”
v. 43. _a graunt domage_] Meant for French perhaps.
v. 58. _theyr hedes mew_] i. e. hide their heads; see note on v. 219.
v. 63. _In faythe, dycken, thou krew_] See note, p. 115. v. 360.
Page 29. v. 68. _banketynge_] i. e. banqueting.
v. 74. _The countrynge at Cales_]—_countrynge_ does not, I apprehend, mean—encountering, but is a musical term (see note on heading of poem, p. 92) used here metaphorically, as in other parts of Skelton’s works. The allusion seems to be to the meeting between Henry the Eighth and Francis in 1520, when (as perhaps few readers need be informed) Henry went over to Calais, proceeded thence to Guisnes, and met Francis in the fields between the latter town and Ardres. If “_Cales_” is to be understood as—Cadiz (see note, p. 195. last v.) I know not any occurrence there of sufficient consequence to suit the present passage.
Page 29. v. 75. _Wrang vs on the males_] See note, p. 142. v. 700.
v. 79. _talwod_] “_Tallwodde_ pacte wodde to make byllettes of _taillee_.” Palsgrave’s _Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr._, 1530. fol. lxix. (Table of Subst.). “Talshide or _Talwood_ (Taliatura) is Fire-wood, cleft and cut into Billets of a certain Length.... This was anciently written _Talghwode_.” Cowel’s _Law Dictionary_, &c. ed. 1727.
v. 81. _We may blowe at the cole_] See note, p. 313. v. 610.
v. 83. _Mocke hath lost her sho_] See note, p. 331. v. 1396.
v. 87. _As ryght as a rammes horne_] See note, p. 298. v. 1201.
v. 90. _all to-torne_] See note, p. 100. v. 32.
v. 92. _Fauell_] See note, p. 107. v. 134.
v. 93, _Iauell_] See note, p. 271. v. 2218.
v. 94. _Hauell_] Which occurs again in v. 604, is a term of reproach found less frequently than _javel_ in our early writers: whether it be connected with _haveril_,—one who _havers_ (see the Gloss. to _The Towneley Myst._ in v. _Hawvelle_) I cannot pretend to determine.
—— _Haruy Hafter_] See note, p. 107. v. 138.
v. 97. _pollynge and shauynge_]—_pollynge_, i. e. shearing, clipping,—plundering.
Page 30. v. 101. _vayleth_] i. e. availeth.
v. 105. _reason and ... skyll_] See note, p. 238. v. 106.
v. 106. _garlycke pyll_] i. e. peel garlic.
“I doe but _roste a stone_ In warming her.”