v. 340. _satirray_] Is this word to be explained—satirist, or satirical? v. 344. _auaunce_] i. e. advance. v. 345. _mengith_] i. e. mingleth. v. 347. _wrate ... mercyall_] i. e. wrote ... martial. v. 352. _Orace also with his new poetry_] “That is, Horace’s _Art of Poetry_. Vinesauf wrote _De Nova Poetria_. Horace’s _Art_ is frequently mentioned under this title.” Warton’s _Hist. of E. P._, ii. 353 (note), ed. 4to. Page 376. v. 359. _Boyce_] i. e. Boethius. —— _recounfortyd_] i. e. recomforted,—comforted. v. 360. _Maxymyane, with his madde ditiis,_ _How dotynge age wolde iape with yonge foly_] —_iape_, i. e. jest, joke. The _Elegiarum Liber_ of Maximianus, which has been often printed as the production of Cornelius Gallus, may be found, with all that can be told concerning its author, in Wernsdorf’s _Poetæ Latini Minores, tomi sexti pars prior_. In these six elegies Maximianus deplores the evils of old age, relates the pursuits and loves of his youth, &c. &c. Perhaps the line “_How dotynge age wolde iape with yonge foly_” (in which case _iape_ would have the same meaning here as in our author’s _Manerly Margery Mylk and Ale_, v. 20. vol. i. 28) is a particular allusion to Elegy v., where Maximianus informs us, that, having been sent on an embassy, at an advanced period of life, he became enamoured of a “Graia puella,” &c., the adventure being described in the grossest terms. Page 376. v. 365. _Johnn Bochas with his volumys grete_] In Skelton’s time, the _De Genealogia Deorum_, the _De Casibus Virorum et Fœminarum Illustrium_, and other now-forgotten works of Boccaccio, were highly esteemed,—more, perhaps, than the _Decamerone_. v. 366. _full craftely that wrate_] i. e. that wrote full skilfully. v. 368. _probate_] See note, p. 236. v. 4. v. 372. _Poggeus ... with many a mad tale_] When this poem was written, the _Facetiæ_ of Poggio enjoyed the highest popularity. In _The Palice of Honour_, Gawen Douglas, enumerating the illustrious writers at the Court of the Muses, says, “Thair was Plautus, _Poggius_, and Persius.” p. 27. ed. Ban. 1827. v. 374. _a frere of Fraunce men call sir Gagwyne, &c._]—_frere_, i. e. friar: concerning Gaguin, see _Account of Skelton and his Writings_. v. 376. _bote is of all bale_] See note, p. 268. v. 2096. Page 377. v. 380. _Valerius Maximus by name_] i. e. Valerius who has the name Maximus (to distinguish him from Valerius Flaccus). v. 381. _Vincencius in Speculo, that wrote noble warkis_]—_warkis_, i. e. works. The _Speculum Majus_ of Vincentius Bellovacensis (_naturale, morale, doctrinale, et historiale_), a vast treatise in ten volumes folio, usually bound in four, was first printed in 1473. See the _Biog. Univ._, and Hallam’s _Introd. to the Lit. of Europe_, i. 160.