—— _Itaque consolamini invicem in verbis istis_] From the Vulgate, 1 _Thess._ iv. 17. Page 12. v. 239. _when Pamphylus loste hys make_]—_make_, i. e. mate. As the heading “_Galathea_” precedes this couplet, there is an allusion to a once popular poem concerning the loves of Pamphilus and Galathea,—_Pamphili Mauriliani Pamphilus, sive De Arte Amandi Elegiæ_. It is of considerable length, and though written in barbarous Latin, was by some attributed to Ovid. It may be found in a little volume edited by Goldastus, _Ovidii Nasonis Pelignensis Erotica et Amatoria Opuscula_, &c. 1610. See too the lines cited in note, p. 324. v. 1048. Page 12. v. 240. _propire_] i. e. handsome, pretty. v. 241. _praty_] i. e. pretty. v. 245. _herte hyt ys_] i. e. heart it is. Page 13. v. 262. _Be_] i. e. By. v. 265. _reclaymed_] See note, p. 148. v. 1125. v. 269. _kus_] i. e. kiss: see note, p. 128. v. 361. v. 270. _mus_] i. e. muzzle, mouth. —— _Zoe kai psyche_] i. e. Ζωή καὶ ψυχή. Page 14. v. 274. _spuria vitulamina_] From the Vulgate, “_Spuria vitulamina_ non dabunt radices altas.” _Sap._ iv. 3. v. 280. _quayre_] i. e. quire,—pamphlet, book.—From this _Lenuoy primere_ inclusive to the end of _Speke, Parrot_, with the exception of a few stanzas, the satire is directed wholly against Wolsey. The very obscure allusions to the Cardinal’s being employed in some negotiation abroad are to be referred probably to his mission in 1521. That _Speke, Parrot_ consists of pieces written at various periods has been already noticed: and “Pope Julius,” v. 425, means, I apprehend, (not Julius ii., for _he_ died in 1513, but) Clement vii., Julius de Medici, who was elected Pope in 1523. With respect to the dates which occur after the present _Lenuoy_,—“_Penultimo die Octobris_, 33ᵒ,” “_In diebus Novembris_, 34,” &c., if “33ᵒ” and “34” stand for 1533 and 1534 (when both Skelton and the Cardinal were dead), they must have been added by the transcriber; and yet in the volume from which these portions of _Speke, Parrot_ are now printed (_MS. Harl._ 2252) we find, only a few pages before, the name “John Colyn mercer of London,” with the date “1517.” v. 285. _lyclyhode_] i. e. likelihood. v. 288. _agayne_] i. e. against. v. 289. _tonsan_] i. e. _toison_. v. 291. _Lyacon_] Occurs again in v. 393: is it—Lycaon? v. 294. _folys_] i. e. fools. —— _knakkes_] “_Knacke_ or toye _friuolle_.” Palsgrave’s _Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr._, 1530. fol. xliii. (Table of Subst.). v. 295. _hang togedyr as fethyrs in the wynde_] See note, p. 265. v. 1842. Page 15. v. 296. _lewdlye ar they lettyrd that your lernyng lackys_] i. e. badly, meanly, are they lettered that find fault with your learning. v. 297. _currys of kynde_] i. e. curs by nature. v. 298. _lohythe ... warkys_] i. e. looketh ... works.