Bale’s _Kynge Iohan_, p. 23. Camd. ed. “To bring _an Abbey to a Grange_.” Ray’s _Proverbs_, p. 174. ed. 1768. v. 424. _beade rolles_] i. e. prayers,—properly, lists of those to be prayed for. v. 429. _But where theyr soules dwell,_ _Therwith I wyll not mell_] —_mell_, i. e. meddle. So Dunbar; “Now _with thair sawle we will nocht mell_.” _Poems_, ii. 52. ed. Laing. v. 434. _reporte me_] i. e. refer. v. 440. _the lay fee_] i. e. the laity: see note, p. 234. v. 267. Page 328. v. 447. _splendore_ _Fulgurantis hastæ_] From the Vulgate. “Ibunt in _splendore fulgurantis hastæ_ tuæ.” _Habac._ iii. 11. “Et micantis gladii, et _fulgurantis hastæ_.” _Nahum_, iii. 3. v. 456. _eysell_] i. e. vinegar. v. 458. _ypocras_] Was a favourite medicated drink, composed of wine (usually red), with spices and sugar. It is generally supposed to have been so named from Hippocrates (often contracted, as in our author’s _Garlande of Laurell_, v. 1426. vol. i. 417, to “Ipocras”); perhaps because it was strained,—the woollen bag used by apothecaries to strain syrups and decoctions for clarification being termed _Hippocrates’s sleeve_. Page 328. v. 459. _Let the cat wynke_] See note, p. 168. v. 305. v. 460. _Iche wot_] Seems to mean here—Each knows (not, I know); and therefore in the remainder of the line the reading of Kele’s ed., “yche,” ought not to have been rejected. v. 467. _theologys_] i. e. theologians. v. 468. _astrologys_] i. e. astrologers. Page 329. v. 469. _Ptholome_] See note, p. 133. v. 503. v. 474. _pretendynge_] Equivalent to—portending. “What misfortune, aduersitie, or blame, Can all the planets to man or childe _pretende_, If God most glorious by his might vs defende?” Barclay’s _Ship of Fooles_, fol. 129. ed. 1570. Here Skelton seems to allude to Wolsey; and from these lines (called in the Lansdown MS., see note _ad loc._, “The profecy of Skelton”) perhaps originated the story of our poet having prophesied the downfal of the Cardinal. v. 476. _trone_] i. e. throne. v. 479. _euerychone_] i. e. every one. Page 330. v. 489. _bruted_] i. e. reported, talked of. v. 492. _wrest vp_] i. e. screw up: see note, p. 238. v. 137. v. 493. _twynkyng_] i. e. tinking, tinkling. v. 498. _the lay fee_] i. e. the laity: see note, p. 234. v. 267. v. 504. _to_] i. e. too. v. 515. _depraue_] i. e. vilify, defame. Page 331. v. 523. _resydeuacyon_] i. e. recidivation, backsliding. v. 528. _ipostacis_] i. e. hypostasis. v. 533. _fore top_] i. e. (as the context shews) simply,—head, pate. v. 535. _knowe and ken_] A pleonasm,—unless _ken_ be explained—see. v. 542. _And some haue a smacke_ _Of Luthers sacke_] Concerning the wine called _sack_ (about which so much has been written) see Henderson’s _Hist. of Anc. and Mod. Wines_, p. 298. v. 544. _brennyng_] i. e. burning. v. 545. _warke_] i. e. work. Page 332. v. 549. _carpe_] i. e. talk, prate. v. 551. _Called Wicleuista_] From Wicliffe.