v. 1201. _toke ... warke_] i. e. took ... work. Page 64. v. 1209. _To wryght of this glorious gest, &c._] If the text be right, _gest_ must mean—guest: so in _Magnyfycence_; “thou art a fonde _gest_.” v. 1109. vol. i. 261. But perhaps the true reading of the passage is, “To wryght this glorious gest Of this vayne gloryous best,” in which case, _gest_ would signify—story: see note, p. 177. v. 622. v. 1210. _best_] i. e. beast. v. 1213. _Quia difficile est, &c._] From Juvenal, _Sat._ i. 30. v. 1221. _ouerse_] i. e. overlook. v. 1224. _Omne animi vitium, &c._] From Juvenal, _Sat._ viii. 140. v. 1226. _defaute_] i. e. default, defect. v. 1227. _a great astate_] i. e. a person of great estate, or rank. v. 1233. _fonde_] i. e. foolish. v. 1234. _can_] i. e. know. v. 1235. _conuenyent_] i. e. fitting. Page 64. v. 1238. _sadnesse_] See note, p. 259. v. 1382. Page 65. v. 1239. _lack_] i. e. fault, blame. v. 1246. _it shall nat skyl_] See note, p. 262. v. 1615. v. 1247. _byl_] i. e. writing. v. 1248. _daucock_] See note, p. 113. v. 301. EPITOMA, &c. —— _Polyphemo_] In allusion to what Skelton has before said,—that the cardinal had the use of only one eye. v. 2. _Pandulphum_] So he terms Wolsey, because Pandulph was legate from the Pope in the time of King John. Page 66. v. 27. _Mauri_] i. e. Terentianus Maurus. DECASTICHON, &c. v. 1. _maris lupus_] A wretched play on words,—sea-wolf—wolf-sea—Wolsey. v. 8. _mulus_] See note, p. 350. v. 510. HOWE THE DOUTY DUKE OF ALBANY, LYKE A COWARDE KNYGHT, RAN AWAYE SHAMFULLY, &c. Page 68.—— _tratlande_] i. e. prattling, idle-talking.