v. 136. _Tholomye and Haly_] See notes, p. 133. vv. 503, 505.
Page 8. v. 143. _Monon calon agaton_] i. e. Μόνον καλὸν ἀγαθόν.
v. 144. _Quod Parato_] i. e. Quoth Parrot.
v. 149. _in scole matter occupyed_] i. e. used in school-matter: see note, p. 86. v. 52.
v. 153. _a silogisme in phrisesomorum_] “Sic [indirecte] in prima figura concludunt quinque illi modi, qui ab interpretibus fere omnibus (excepto Zabarella) pro legitimis agnoscuntur, quique hoc versu comprehendi solent, _Celantes_, _Baralip_, _Dabilis_, _Fapesmo_, FRISESOM.” Crakanthorp’s _Logicæ Libri Quinque_, 1622. p. 275. Aldrich gives “Bramantip, Camenes, Dimaris, Fesapo, _Fresison_.” _Artis Logicæ Compend._, 1691. p. 19.
v. 165. _Jack Raker_] See note, p. 186. v. 108.
Page 9. v. 170. _Sturbrydge fayre_] The fair kept annually in the neighbourhood of Cambridge, and so named from the rivulet _Stour_ and _bridge_.
Page 9. v. 171. _Tryuyals and quatryuyals_] The _trivials_ were the first three sciences taught in the schools, viz. Grammar, Rhetoric, and Logic; the _quatrivials_ were the higher set, viz. Astrology (or Astronomy), Geometry, Arithmetic, and Music. See Du Cange’s _Gloss._ in vv. _Trivium_, _Quadrivium_; and Hallam’s _Introd. to the Lit. of Europe_, i. 4.
—— _appayre_] i. e. impair, are impaired, come to decay.
v. 174. _Albertus de modo significandi_] “Albertus,” says Warton, after citing this stanza, “is the author of the _Margarita Poetica_, a collection of _Flores_ from the classics and other writers, printed at Nurenberg, 1472, fol.” _Hist. of E. P._, ii. 347 (note), ed. 4to. The work mentioned here by Skelton is stated to have been first printed in 1480. The title of an edition by Wynkyn de Worde, dated 1515, is as follows; _Modi significādi Alberti sine quibus grammaticæ notitia haberi nullo pacto potest_: there is said to be another edition n. d. by the same printer: see _Typ. Ant._, ii. 208. ed. Dibdin.
v. 175. _Donatus_] i. e. the work attributed to Ælius Donatus, the Roman grammarian: see the _Bibliog. Dictionary_ of Dr. Clarke (iii. 144), who observes; “It has been printed with several titles, such as _Donatus_; _Donatus Minor_; _Donatus pro puerulis_, _Donati Ars_, &c., but the work is the same, viz. Elements of the Latin Language for the Use of Children.” See too Warton’s _Hist. of E. P._, i. 281 (note), ed. 4to.