—— _lady Mirriell Howarde_] Could not have been Muriel, daughter of the second Duke of Norfolk; for she, after having been twice married, died in 1512, anterior to the composition of the present poem. Qy. was the Muriel here celebrated the Duke’s grandchild,—one of those children of the Earl and Countess of Surrey, whose names, as they died early, have not been recorded? Though Skelton compares her to Cidippe, and terms her “madame,” he begins by calling her “mi _litell_ lady.” v. 880. _curteyse_] i. e. courteous. v. 881. _Whome fortune and fate playnly haue discust_]—_discust_, i. e. determined. So again our author in _Why come ye nat to Courte_; “Allmyghty God, I trust, Hath for him _dyscust_,” &c. v. 747. vol. ii. 50. and Barclay; “But if thou iudge amisse, then shall Eacus (As Poetes saith) hell thy iust rewarde _discusse_.” _The Ship of Fooles_, fol. 4. ed. 1570. v. 882. _plesure, delyght, and lust_] One of Skelton’s pleonastic expressions. Page 397. v. 885. _Cidippes, the mayd,_ _That of Aconcyus whan she founde the byll, &c._] —_Cidippes_, i. e. Cydippe; see note on v. 290. p. 307: _the byll_; i. e. the writing,—the verses which Acontius had written on the apple. v. 888. _fyll_] i. e. fell. —— _lady Anne Dakers of the Sowth_] The wife of Thomas Lord Dacre, was daughter of Sir Humphrey Bourchier, son of John Lord Berners and of Elizabeth Tylney, who (see note on v. 399) afterwards became the first wife of the second Duke of Norfolk. v. 893. _his crafte were to seke_] i. e. his skill were at a loss. Page 398. v. 897. _Princes_] i. e. Princess. v. 898. _conyng_] i. e. knowledge. v. 899. _Paregall_] i. e. Equal (thoroughly equal). v. 901. _surmountynge_] i. e. surpassing. v. 902. _sad_] See note, p. 264. v. 1711. v. 903. _lusty lokis_] i. e. pleasant looks. —— _mastres Margery Wentworthe_] Perhaps the second daughter of Sir Richard Wentworth, afterwards married to Christopher Glemham of Glemham in Suffolk. v. 906. _margerain ientyll_] “Marierome is called ... in English, Sweet Marierome, Fine Marierome, and _Marierome gentle_; of the best sort Marjerane.” Gerard’s _Herball_, p. 664. ed. 1633. v. 907. _goodlyhede_] i. e. goodness. v. 908. _Enbrowdred_] i. e. Embroidered. v. 912. _praty_] i. e. pretty. v. 918. _corteise_] i. e. courteous. Page 399.—— _mastres Margaret Tylney_] A sister-in-law, most probably, of the second Duke of Norfolk. His first wife was Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir Frederick Tylney of Ashwell-Thorpe, Norfolk, knight, and widow of Sir Humphrey Bourchier, son of John Lord Berners: his second wife was Agnes, daughter of Sir Hugh Tylney, and sister and heir to Sir Philip Tylney of Boston, Lincolnshire, knight; see third note, preceding page. v. 928. _besy cure_] i. e. busy care. v. 933. _As Machareus_ _Fayre Canace_]