“And in lyke wyse _duke Iosue_ the gente,” &c. _The Pastime of Pleasure_, sig. c ii. ed. 1555. v. 448. _animosite_] i. e. bravery. v. 457. _to_] i. e. too. v. 459. _losels_] i. e. good-for-nothing fellows, scoundrels. v. 461. _astate_] i. e. estate, high dignity. v. 468. _domage_] i. e. damage. v. 470. _rydes or goos_] See note, p. 125. v. 186. Page 82. v. 475. _a knappishe sorte_] “_Knappish._ Proterve, pervers, fascheux.” Cotgrave’s _Dict._ “_Knappish_. Tart, testy, snappish.” Jamieson’s _Et. Dict. of Scot. Lang._: _sorte_, i. e. set. v. 477. _enbosed iawes_] See note, p. 301. v. 24. v. 478. _dawes_] i. e. simpletons: see note, p. 113. v. 301. v. 479. _fende_] i. e. fiend. v. 487. _hart blode_] i. e. heart-blood. v. 488. _gode_] i. e. good,—goods. v. 494. _faytour_] See note, p. 195. v. 2. Page 82. v. 495. _recrayed_] i. e. recreant. v. 500. _rede ... loke_] i. e. advise ... look. Page 83. v. 506. _Sainct George to borowe_] i. e. St. George being my surety or pledge: the expression is common in our early poetry. v. 508. _quayre_] i. e. quire,—pamphlet, book. v. 523. _wrate_] i. e. wrote. —— _Lenuoy_] Concerning this second _L’envoy_, which, I believe, does not belong to the poem against Albany, see _Account of Skelton_, &c. Page 84. v. 9. _ammas_] i. e. amice: see note, p. 134. v. 560. —— _Ie foy enterment, &c._] i. e. Je fie entièrement, &c. POEMS ATTRIBUTED TO SKELTON. VERSES PRESENTED TO KING HENRY THE SEVENTH[273] AT THE FEAST OF ST. GEORGE CELEBRATED AT WINDSOR IN THE THIRD YEAR OF HIS REIGN. O moste famous noble king! thy fame doth spring and spreade, Henry the Seventh, our soverain, in eiche regeon; All England hath cause thy grace to love and dread, Seing embassadores seche fore protectyon, For ayd, helpe, and succore, which lyeth in thie electyone. England, now rejoyce, for joyous mayest thou bee, To see thy kyng so floreshe in dignetye. This realme a seasone stoode in greate jupardie, When that noble prince deceased, King Edward, Which in his dayes gate honore full nobly; After his decesse nighe hand all was marr’d; Eich regione this land dispised, mischefe when they hard; Wherefore rejoyse, for joyous mayst thou be, To see thy kynge so floresh in high dignetye. Fraunce, Spayne, Scoteland, and Britanny, Flanders also, Three of them present keepinge thy noble feaste Of St. George in Windsor, ambassadors comying more,[274] Iche of them in honore, bothe the more and the lesse,[275] Seeking thie grace to have thie noble begeste: Wherefore now rejoise, and joyous maiste thou be, To see thy kynge so florishing in dignetye.