v. 119. _the buck_] Qy. does Skelton, under these names of animals, allude to certain persons? If he does, “the buck” must mean Edward Duke of Buckingham, who, according to the popular belief, was impeached and brought to the block by Wolsey’s means in 1521: so in an unprinted poem against the Cardinal; “Wherfor nevyr looke ther mowthes to be stoppyd Tyll ther money be restoryd thow sum hedes be of choppyd As thowe dyd serue _the Buckke_ For as men sey by the that was done That sens had this lande no good lucke.” _MS. Harl._ 2252. fol. 158. v. 123. _Ge hame_] Scottice for—Go home. v. 125. _tot quot_] See note, p. 287. v. 565. v. 127. _lome_] i. e. loom. v. 128. _lylse wulse_] i. e. linsey-woolsey,—an evident play on the Cardinal’s name. v. 130. _cule_] i. e. fundament. v. 132. _warse_] i. e. worse. Page 31. v. 136. _Bothombar_] I know not what place is meant here. v. 139. _gup, leuell suse_]—_gup_ has occurred frequently before: see note, p. 99. v. 17; the rest of this slang I do not comprehend. v. 145. _nat worth a flye_] See note, p. 219. v. 104. v. 150. _Yet the good Erle of Surray,_ _The Frenche men he doth fray, &c._] This nobleman (before mentioned, see note, p. 317. v. 769), Thomas Howard (afterwards third Duke of Norfolk), commanded, in 1522, the English force which was sent against France, when Henry the Eighth and the Emperor Charles had united in an attack on that kingdom. In Stow’s _Annales_, p. 517. ed. 1615, the marginal note “Earle of Surrey brent Morles in Brytaine. I. Skelton,” evidently alludes to the present passage of our poem. Both Turner and Lingard in their _Histories of Engl._ mistake this nobleman for his father. Page 31. v. 158. _mated_] i. e. confounded (I may just observe that Palsgrave, besides “I _Mate_ at the chesses, _Ie matte_,” gives “I _Mate_ or ouercome, _Ie amatte_.”) _Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr._, 1530. fol. ccxcix. (Table of Verbes). v. 163. _vrcheons_] i. e. hedge-hogs. Page 32. v. 166. _ouer shote_] i. e. over-shoot. v. 167. _scutus_] “_Scutum_, Moneta Regum Francorum, ita appellata quod in ea descripta essent Franciæ insignia in scuto.” Du Cange’s _Gloss._ (Ital. _scudo_, Fr. _écu_). v. 170. _wonders warke_] i. e. work of wonder. v. 175. _They shote at him with crownes, &c._] On the immense gifts and annuities which Wolsey received from foreign powers, see Turner’s _Hist. of Reign of Hen. the Eighth_, i. 236. ed. 8vo. v. 178. _his eyen so dased_]—_dased_, i. e. dazzled, or, according to Skelton’s distinction—dulled; for in his _Garlande of Laurell_ we find “eyn dasild and _dasid_.” v. 1389. vol. i. 416. v. 179. _ne se can_] i. e. can not see. v. 185. _the Chambre of Starres_] i. e. the Star-Chamber. v. 190. _renayenge_] i. e. contradicting.