“Of my ladys grace _at the contemplacyoun_, Owt of Frenshe into Englysshe prose, Of Mannes Lyfe the Peregrinacioun, He dyd translate,” &c. v. 1219. vol. i. 410. Compare also Hollinshed; “_At the contemplation_ of this cardinall, the king lent to the emperour a great summe of monie.” _Chron._ (Hen. viii.) vol. iii. 839. ed. 1587. Concerning the Abbot Islip, see _Account of Skelton and his Writings_. Page 179. v. 19. _sua_] Used for _ejus_. —— _Leo candidior Rubeum necat ense Leonem_] _Leo candidior_, i. e. the Earl of Surrey, whose badge was a White Lion: _Rubeum Leonem_, i. e. King James the Fourth, slain at Flodden, who bore the royal arms of Scotland, a Red Lion. See note on the poem _Against the Scottes_, p. 220. v. 135. TETRASTICHON VERITATIS. Page 181. v. 1. _cuprum_] i. e. _cupreum_. “The Tomb itself [principally of black marble], with the metal statues which lie upon it, and the beautiful casts in _alto-relievo_ [of copper gilt], which ornament the sides, were executed by the celebrated Italian artist Pietro Torrigiano ... for the sum of 1500_l._ Its surrounding Screen, or ‘Closure’ [of gilt brass and copper], which is altogether in a different style of workmanship, though almost equally curious, was, most probably, both designed and wrought by English artizans.” Neale’s _Account of Henry the Seventh’s Chapel_, pp. 54, 59. AGAINST THE SCOTTES. The battle of Flodden, one of the most disastrous events in Scottish history, has been rendered so familiar to readers of our own day by the poem of _Marmion_, that a particular account of it here is unnecessary. It took place on September 9th, 1513. The English army was commanded by the Earl of Surrey [created Duke of Norfolk the February following]; the Scottish by their rash and gallant monarch James the Fourth, who perished in the field amid heaps of his slaughtered nobles and gentlemen. Page 182. v. 2. _tratlynge_] i. e. prattling, idle talk. v. 5. _Lo, these fonde sottes, &c._]—_fonde_, i. e. foolish. This passage resembles a rhyme made in reproach of the Scots in the reign of Edward the First: “These scaterand Scottes Holde we for sottes,” &c. Fabyan’s _Chron._ vol. ii. fol. 140. ed. 1559. Page 182. v. 11. _Branxton more_] i. e. Brankston Moor. v. 12. _stowre_] Means generally—hardy, stout; here perhaps it is equivalent to—obstinate: but in Palsgrave we find “_Stowre_ of conversation _estourdy_.” _Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr._, 1530. fol. xcvi. (Table of Adiect.).