“_Bouge of court_, a corruption of _bouche_, Fr. An allowance of meat and drink for the tables of the inferior officers, and others who were occasionally called to serve and entertain the court. Skelton has a kind of little drama called _Bouge of Court_, from the name of the _ship_ in which the dialogue takes place. It is a very severe satire, full of strong painting, and excellent poetry. The courtiers of Harry must have winced at it.” Gifford, note on Ben Jonson’s _Works_, vii. 428. Page 30. v. 7. _to werre hym dyde dres_] i. e. did address, apply himself to war. v. 15. _rede_] i. e. conceive, consider. Page 31. v. 17. _aforce_] i. e. attempt. v. 18. _dyscure_] i. e. discover. v. 20. _illumyne_] i. e. embellish a subject. v. 21. _Auysynge_] i. e. Advising. v. 22. _he so_] i. e. who so. v. 23. _connynge_] i. e. knowledge. v. 30. _ne wyste_] i. e. knew not. v. 31. _sore enwered_]—_enwered_ means simply—wearied. Richardson (_Dict._ in v. _En_) observes that “Skelton appears to have wantoned in such compounds.” v. 33. _I me dreste_] i. e. I addressed, applied myself. v. 36. _Methoughte I sawe a shyppe, goodly of sayle,_ _Come saylynge forth into that hauen brood,_ _Her takelynge ryche and of hye apparayle_] Of this passage Mr. Wordsworth has a recollection in one of his noble Sonnets; “_A goodly Vessel_ did I then espy Come like a giant from a _haven broad_; And lustily along the bay she strode, _Her tackling rich, and of apparel high_.” _Works_, iii. 34. ed. 1836. Page 31. v. 39. _kyste_] i. e. cast. v. 40. _what she had lode_] i. e. what she had been freighted with. Page 32. v. 44. _prece_] i. e. press,—the throng. v. 49. _hyghte_] i. e. is called. v. 50. _estate_] i. e. high rank, dignity. v. 54. _chaffre_] i. e. merchandise. v. 58. _traues_] Means here a sort of low curtain or screen.—Hall, describing the preparations for combat between the Dukes of Hereford and Norfolk, tells us that the former, having entered the lists, “set hym doune in a chayer of grene veluet whiche was set in a _trauers_ of grene and blewe veluet,” &c.; and that the latter “satte doune in his chayer whiche was Crimosen Veluet, _cortened_ [curtained] aboute with white and redde Damaske.” _Chron._ (_Henry IV._) fol. iii. ed. 1548.—At a later period, curtains, which were used on the stage as substitutes for scenes, were called _traverses_. See also Singer’s note on Cavendish’s _Life of Wolsey_, p. 167. ed. 1827, and Sir H. Nicolas’s note on _Privy Purse Expenses of Elizabeth of York_, p. 259. v. 60. _trone_] i. e. throne. v. 61. _spere_] i. e. sphere. v. 63. _connynge_] i. e. knowledge,—skill. Page 33. v. 71. _prese_] i. e. press. v. 72. _she trowed that I had eten sause_] Compare our author’s _Magnyfycence_; “Ye haue _eten sauce, I trowe_, at the Taylors Hall.” v. 1421. vol. i. 271. v. 78. _quod_] i. e. quoth. v. 80. _glome_] i. e. glum,—sullen look, frown. v. 82. _daynnously_] i. e. disdainfully.