l. 20. _debylyte_] i. e. debilitated. l. 21. _vnpropyce_] i. e. unpropitious. l. 23. _esperaunce_] i. e. hope, expectation. —— _lygnage_] i. e. lineage. l. 25. _demoraunce_] i. e. abiding. l. 26. _leseth_] i. e. loseth. l. 29. _hert_] i. e. heart. l. 32. _cure_] i. e. care. Page 201. l. 15. _conninge_] i. e. knowledge, learning, attainments. l. 20. _whereas_] i. e. where. l. 22. _pore_] i. e. poor. l. 23. _corrompeth_] i. e. corrupteth,—destroyeth. l. 30. _defende_] i. e. forbid. Page 202. l. 3. _condycions_] See note, p. 183. v. 12. l. 4. _dyssypers_] i. e., I suppose, disperser. l. 5. _brennest_] i. e. inflamest. l. 6. _sleeth_] i. e. slayeth, (slayest). l. 7. _traueyleth_] i. e. causeth travail (trouble) to. l. 15. _reclaymeth_] i. e. proclaimeth. l. 16. _courage_] i. e. heart, mind, disposition. l. 17. _adnychell_] i. e. annihilate. l. 22. _flambe_] i. e. flame. l. 24. _where as_] i. e. where. l. 25. _odyfferaunt_] i. e. odoriferous. l. 27. _tho_] i. e. those. l. 29. _dissolate_] i. e. dissolute. Page 203. l. 6. _glauca_] Properly, I believe, _glaucus_. —— _eyen beholdinge a trauers_] i. e., I suppose, eyes looking askance. l. 7. _syntillously_] i. e. so as to emit sparks. l. 14. _were delybered_] i. e. were advised, were minded. l. 16. _domage_] i. e. damage, loss. l. 20. _brenneth_] i. e. burneth. l. 21. _edefyed_] i. e. built. l. 24. _egally_] i. e. equally, justly. l. 28. _incontinente_] i. e. immediately. Page 203. l. 29. _Cayme_] i. e. Cain. So formerly the name was often written: “He was of _Kaymes_ kunrede.” _Kyng Alisaunder_,—Weber’s _Met. Rom._ i. 84. l. 32. _Thesius_] Should of course be _Thyestes_, as in Locher’s Latin: yet Barclay in his version of the passage has, “Atreus storye and _Theseus_ cruel.” _The Ship of Fooles_, fol. 96 [99], ed. 1570. Page 204. l. 4. _rested_] i. e. roasted. —— _theim_] i. e., perhaps, (if it be not a misprint for “_him_”) the guests: but the whole passage is scarcely intelligible. l. 6. _Ethiocles_] So written in Locher’s Latin for Eteocles; and so Lydgate,— “But make youre myrroure of _Ethyocles_.” _Storye of Thebes, Pars Prima_, sig. C v. ed. 4to. n. d. l. 12. _collacion_] Equivalent here, I believe, to comparison. l. 17. _cautellous_] i. e. crafty, wily. l. 25. _pill_] i. e. strip. l. 26. _mondayne_] i. e. worldly, gross. l. 27. _cheseth_] i. e. chooseth. Page 205. l. 7. _thoughte_] See note, p. 101. v. 10. l. 8. _lenger_] i. e. longer. l. 17. _sith_] i. e. since. l. 18. _asprely_] i. e. roughly, severely. —— _enforce_] i. e. exert. A REPLYCACION, &c. Concerning the “yong scolers” against whom this piece was composed, I can give no information. Page 206. l. 9. _contemplationem_] See note, p. 214, title of Epitaph. Page 207. l. 4. _remordyng_] See note, p. 193. v. 101. —— _recrayed_] See note, p. 223. v. 26. l. 5. _rechelesse_] i. e. reckless. l. 25. _enbolned_] i. e. swollen, puffed up.