v. 951. _tyrly tyrlowe_] This passage was strangely misunderstood by the late Mr. Douce, who thought that “_tyrly tyrlowe_” alluded to the note of the crow, that bird being mentioned in the preceding line! _Illust. of Shakespeare_, i. 353. The expression has occurred before, in our author’s _Elynour Rummyng_, v. 292. vol. i. 104: here it is equivalent to the modern _fa, la, la_, which is often used with a sly or wanton allusion,—as, for instance, at the end of each stanza of Pope’s court-ballad, _The Challenge_. Page 348. v. 953. _a lege de moy_] See note, p. 176. v. 587. v. 956. _With suche storyes bydene_]—_bydene_, that is “by the dozen,” says Warton, erroneously, quoting this passage, _Hist. of E. P._, ii. 343. ed. 4to (note). The word occurs frequently in our early poetry, with different significations: here it may be explained—together—(with _a collection of_ such stories); so in _The Worlde and the Chylde_, 1522; “Now cryst ... ... Saue all this company that is gathered here _bydene_.” Sig. C iiii. v. 957. _Their chambres well besene_]—_well besene_, i. e. of a good appearance,—well-furnished, or adorned: see note, p. 112. v. 283. v. 962. _Nowe all the worlde stares, &c._] “This is still,” as Warton observes (_Hist. of E. P._, ii. 343. ed. 4to, note), “a description of tapestry.” v. 963. _chares_] i. e. chariots. v. 964. _olyphantes_] i. e. elephants. v. 965, _garlantes_] i. e. garlands. v. 974. _estate_] i. e. high rank, dignity. v. 975. _courage_] i. e. heart, affections. v. 977. _Theyr chambres thus to dresse_ _With suche parfetnesse_] —_parfetnesse_, i. e. perfectness. “We should observe,” says Warton, after citing the passage, “that the satire is here pointed at the subject of these tapestries. The graver ecclesiastics, who did not follow the levities of the world, were contented with religious subjects, or such as were merely historical.” _Hist. of E. P._, ii. 344. ed. 4to. Page 349. v. 983. _remorde_] See note, p. 193. v. 101. v. 987. _mellyng_] i. e. meddling. v. 990. _besy_] i. e. busy. v. 991. _For one man to rule a kyng_] An allusion, I apprehend, to Wolsey’s influence over Henry the Eighth: so again our author speaking of Wolsey, in the Latin lines at the end of _Why Come ye nat to Courte_, “Qui regnum _regemque regit_.” Vol. ii. 67. I may observe too in further confirmation of the reading “_kyng_” instead of “gyng” (see note _ad loc._), that we have had in an earlier passage of the present poem, “_To rule_ bothe _kyng_ and kayser.” v. 606. v. 996. _flyt_] i. e. remove. v. 998. _quysshon_] i. e. cushion. v. 1000. _Cum regibus amicare_] “_Amico_, to be frend.” _Medulla Gramatice_, MS. (now in the possession of Mr. Rodd). Page 349. v. 1002. _pravare_] In _Ortus Vocab._ fol. ed. W. de. Worde, n. d., is “_Prauo_ ... prauum facere. _or to shrewe_,” and “Tirannus. _shrewe_ or tyrande.” The meaning therefore of _pravare_ in our text may be—to play the tyrant.