The Poetical Works of John Skelton, Volume 1 (of 2)Skelton, John
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The Poetical Works of John Skelton, Volume 1 (of 2)
Skelton, John
English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700
[813] _hogge_] Ed. “dogge.”
[814] _myne_] Qy., for the rhyme, “my purse?”
[815] _fowle_] Qy. a line wanting to rhyme with this?
[816] _Latyn_] Ed. “lutyn.”
[817] _Est snavi, &c._] Between this line and the next, ed. has
“_Versus_.”
[818] _kesteryll_] Ed. “besteryll.”
[819] _you_] Qy., for the rhyme, “_you_ there?”
[820] _Yes_] Ed. “Yet.”
[821] _for nowe thou hast lost_] Qy., for the rhyme, “for thou hast lost
nowe?”
[822] _tappet_] Ed. “tap.” Compare p. 128, v. 75.
[823] _hym_] Compare v. 427, p. 239. Perhaps these inconsistencies may
have arisen from contractions in the MS.
[824] _mo_] Ed. “more.”
[825] _wyt_] Ed. “whyt.”
[826] _slyght_] Ed. “shyfte.” Compare v. 687, p. 247, and v. 964, p. 256,
where “slyght” (sleight) is the rhyme to “consayte.”
[827] _the mare_] Here _Foly_ and _Fansy_ go out.
[828] _hungre_] Ed. “hunger.”
[829] _craue_] Qy., for the rhyme, “craued?” unless something be wanting.
[830] _kay_] Ed. “bay.”
[831] _thou_] Qy. “you?” see note on v. 1275, p. 266.
[832] _another_] Qy. “_another_ time?”
[833] _For nowe, &c._] In ed. this speech is given to _Fansy_.
[834] _that_] Ed. “the.”
[835] _be sene_] Qy., for the rhyme, “beseme?”
[836] _Cypyo_] Ed. “typyo.”
[837] _leyre_] Ed. “heyre.”
[838] _occacyon of_] Ed. “accacyon or.”
[839] _candell_] Qy. “caudell?”
[840] _ye_] Ed. “he.”
[841] _ye_] Ed. “he.”
[842] _let se, for your selfe_] Qy., for the rhyme, “for your selfe, let
se?”—unless “for your selfe” was intended to form the commencement of the
next verse.
[843] _Here Mesure goth out of the place_] To this stage-direction
ought to be added—“_with Courtly Abusyon, who, as he carries him off,
exclaims_.” See what _Clokyd Colusyon_ says a little after,
“Cockes armes, howe Pleasure plucked hym forth!”
Pleasure is the assumed name of _Courtly Abusyon_.
[844] _then_] Qy. “them?”
[845] _hawkyng_] Ed. “howkyng.”
[846] _men_] Qy. “man?”
[847] _suruayour_] Ed. “superuysour:” compare v. 1414, p. 271; v. 652, p.
246, &c. _Cl. Col._ has just been made “superuysour:” see v. 1808, p. 284.
[848] _who_] Ed. “why.”
[849] _clokys_] Here _Fansy_ goes out.
[850] _to_] Qy. “with?” compare vv. 1927, 1934.
[851] _some_] Ed. “syme.”
[852] _of_] Qy. “on?”
[853] _Pouerte_] And _Aduersyte_ goes out.
[854] _stormy beten_] Perhaps “storm ybeten.”
[855] _Discedendo_] Ed. “Difidendo.”
[856] _bale_] Meant, perhaps, to rhyme with v. 2103.
[857] _pryde_] Qy. a line wanting to rhyme with this?
[858] _they_] Ed. “theyr.”
[859] _late_] Here _Lyberte_ goes out.
[860] _cleue_] Ed. “clene.” Compare p. 130, v. 133, and p. 194, v. 37.
[861] _Here cometh, &c._] Ed., besides omitting this stage-direction,
leaves the two following lines unappropriated.
[862] _pysse_] Qy. a line wanting to rhyme with this?
[863] _thyther_] Qy. a line wanting to rhyme with this?
[864] _folowe_] Ed. “felowe.”
[865] _Mys._] Ed. “_Magn._”
[866] _gladium_] Ed. “gladio.”
[867] _sautes_] Ed. “fautes.”
[868] _to_] Qy. “by?”
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