[246] _elongatum_] Marshe’s ed. “_longatum_.” [247] _cataplasmate stratum_] Eds. “_cataplasmati statum_.” [248] _Pharmacopolæ_] Eds. (with various spelling) “_Pharmacapoli_.” [249] _Quo_] Marshe’s ed. “_Quod_.” DECASTICHON VIRULENTUM IN GALERATUM LYCAONTA MARINUM, &c. _Proh dolor, ecce, maris lupus, et nequissimus ursus,_ _Carnificis vitulus, Britonumque bubulcus iniquus,_ _Conflatus vitulus vel Oreb, vel Salmane vel Zeb,_ _Carduus, et crudelis Asaphque Datan reprobatus,_ _Blandus et Achitophel regis, scelus omne Britannum,_ _Ecclesias qui namque Thomas confundit ubique,_ _Non sacer iste Thomas, sed duro corde Goleas,_ _Quem gestat mulus,—Sathane, cacet,[250] obsecro, culus_ _Fundens asphaltum, precor! Hunc versum lege cautum;_ _Asperius nihil est misero quum surget in altum.[251]_ 10 [250] _cacet_] Other eds. “_caret_.” [251] _quum surget in altum_] Not in Marshe’s ed. APOSTROPHA AD[252] LONDINI CIVES (CITANTE[253] MULUM ASINO AUREO GALERATO) IN OCCURSUM ASELLI,[254] &c. _Excitat, en,[255] asinus mulum,[256] mirabile visu,_ _Calcibus! O vestro cives occurrite asello,_ _Qui regnum regemque regit, qui vestra gubernat_ _Prædia, divitias, nummos, gazas, spoliando!_ _Dixit alludens, immo illudens, paradoxam de asino aureo galerato._ _xxxiiii._ _Hæc vates ille,_ _De quo loquuntur mille._ [252] _ad_] Eds. “_an_.” [253] _citante_] Eds. “_citanto_” and “_citando_.” [254] _aselli_] Eds. “_aguile_:” compare the second line. The Editor of 1736 printed “_asini_.” [255] _en_] Eds. “_eu_.” [256] _mulum_] Other eds. “_multum_.” SKELTON, LAUREATE, &c. HOWE THE DOUTY DUKE OF ALBANY,[257] LYKE A COWARDE KNYGHT, RAN AWAYE SHAMFULLY, WITH AN HUNDRED THOUSANDE TRATLANDE SCOTTES AND FAINT HARTED FRENCHEMEN, BESIDE THE WATER OF TWEDE, &c.