[605] _aulter_] Here Lant’s ed. has “auter.” (In the spelling of this word the eds. are not consistent; see vv. 49, 59, 189.) [606] _complaynte_] So other eds. Ed. of Kynge and Marche, “complaunt.” [607] _Be_] So other eds. Ed. of Kynge and Marche, “By.” [608] _fauconer_] So other eds. Ed. of Kynge and Marche, and of Lant, “fouconer.” [609] _pawtenar_] Eds. of Day, and Marshe, “pawtner.” [610] _auter_] Eds. of Day, and Marshe, “aulter:” see note, ante, p. 155. [611] _prest_] So other eds. Ed. of Kynge and Marche, and of Day, “priest.” [612] _mete_] So Lant’s ed. Ed. of Kynge and Marche, “mere.” Other eds. “meate.” [613] _frounce_] So Lant’s ed. Other eds. “fronnce” and “fronce.” [614] _I hym_] So Lant’s ed. Other eds. “him I.” [615] _then_] Not in eds. of Day, and Marshe. [616] _he_] Marshe’s ed. “her.” [617] _no_] So other eds. Ed. of Kynge and Marche, “na.” [618] _For reconciliacion_] Not in eds. of Day, and Marshe. [619] _Divinitate_] Qy. “Divinate?” [620] _Nor yet_] Lant’s ed. “Nother.” [621] _Bacus_] Marshe’s ed. “Baccus.” [622] _Constantinopell_] Marshe’s ed. “Constantinobel.” [623] _būraarā_] In Day’s ed. the final letter of this word being blurred looks like a _d_; and Marshe’s ed. has “bunraard.” The meaning of this “tabull playne” is quite beyond my comprehension. [624] _tuntantes_] Marshe’s ed. “tauntantes.” [625] _Natābrian_] Eds. of Day, and Marshe, “Natanbrian.” The Editor of 1736 prints “_Natanbrianum sudus_.” [626] _tēualet_] Perhaps, “ten (10) _valet_.” [627] _nullo_] Eds. of Day, and Marshe, “uello.” [628] _Ye_] Eds. “The.” [629] _you_] Eds. “your.” [630] _concupisti_] Eds. “racapisti” and “cacapisti.” [631] _Dialetica_] So written in eds. for the rhyme. [632] _reuerens_] So Lant’s ed. Other eds. “reuens.” [633] _Per_] Eds. “Par.” [634] _no_] Day’s ed. “ne.” [635] _Accipiter_] Eds. “Ancipiter.” [636] _animalia_] Eds. of Kynge and Marche, and of Lant, (in which impressions only this line is found), “aīlia.” [637] _Walys_] Eds. of Day, and Marshe, “Wales,” and in the next line “tales.” [638] _bestialis_] Day’s ed. “bestia.” Marshe’s ed. “bestis.” SKELTONIS APOSTROPHAT AD DIVUM JOHANNEM DECOLLATUM, IN CUJUS PROFESTO FIEBAT HOC AUCUPIUM. _O memoranda dies, qua, decollate[639] Johannes,_ _Aucupium facit, haud[640] quondam[641] quod fecerit, intra[642]_ _Ecclesiam de Dis, violans tua[643] sacra sacrorum!_ _Rector de Whipstok, doctor cognomine Daucock,_ _Et dominus Wodcock; probat is, probat hic, probat hæc hoc._ IDEM[644] DE LIBERA DICACITATE POETICA IN EXTOLLENDA PROBITATE, ET IN PERFRICANDA IGNOBILITATE. _Libertas veneranda piis concessa poetis_ _Dicendi est quæcunque placent, quæcunque juvabunt,_ _Vel quæcunque valent justas defendere causas,_ _Vel quæcunque valent[645] stolidos mordere petulcos._ _Ergo dabis veniam._ Quod Skelton, laureat. EPITHAPHE.[646]