v. 556. _the noble fawcon_] “There are seuen kinds of Falcons, and among them all for her _noblenesse_ and hardy courage, and withal the francknes of her mettell, I may, and doe meane to place the Falcon gentle in chiefe,” Turbervile’s _Booke of Falconrie_, &c. p. 25. ed. 1611. v. 557. _the gerfawcon_] “Is a gallant Hawke to behold, more huge then any other kinde of Falcon, &c.” _Id._ p. 42. v. 558. _The tarsell gentyll_] Is properly the male of the gosshawk; but Skelton probably did not use the term in its exact meaning, for in the fifth line after this he mentions “the goshauke.” It is commonly said (see Steevens’s note on _Romeo and Juliet_, act ii. sc. 2.) to be called _tiercel_ because it is a _tierce_ or third less than the female. But, according to Turbervile, “he is termed a _Tyercelet_, for that there are most commonly disclosed three birds in one selfe eyree, two Hawkes and one Tiercell.” _Booke of Falconrie_, &c. p. 59. ed. 1611. v. 560. _amysse_] i. e. amice—properly the first of the six vestments common to the bishop and presbyters. “Fyrst do on the _amys_, than the albe, than the gyrdell, than the manyple, than the stoole, than the chesyble.” Hormanni _Vulgaria_, sig. E iiii. ed. 1530. Page 68. v. 561. _The sacre_] A hawk “much like the Falcon Gentle for largenesse, and the Haggart for hardines.” Turbervile’s _Booke of Falconrie_, &c. p. 45. ed. 1611. v. 563. _role_] i. e. roll. v. 565. _The lanners_] “They are more blancke Hawkes then any other, they haue lesse beakes then the rest, and are lesse armed and pounced then other Falcons be.” Turbervile’s _Booke of Falconrie_, &c. p. 47. ed. 1611. —— _the marlyons_] Or _merlins_,—the smallest of the hawks used by falconers. v. 566. _morning gounes_] i. e. mourning-gowns. v. 567. _The hobby_] “Of all birdes of prey that belong to the Falconers vse, I know none lesse then the Hobby, unles it be the Merlyn.” Turbervile’s _Booke of Falconrie_, &c. p. 53. ed. 1611. —— _the muskette_] i. e. the male sparrow-hawk. “You must note, that all these kind of hawkes haue their male birdes and cockes of euerie sort and gender, as the Eagle his Earne ... and the Sparrow-hawke his _Musket_.” _Id._ p. 3. “The male sparrow hawke is called a _musket_.” _The Countrie Farme_, p. 877. ed. 1600. v. 568. _sensers_] i. e. censers. —— _fet_] i. e. fetch. v. 569. _The kestrell_] A sort of base-bred hawk. —— _warke_] i. e. work, business. v. 570. _holy water clarke_] See note, p. 94. v. 21. Page 69. v. 590. _And wrapt in a maidenes smocke_] Spenser seems to have recollected this passage: he says, that when Cupid was stung by a bee, Venus —— “tooke him streight full pitiously lamenting, _And wrapt him in her smock_.” See a little poem in his _Works_, viii. 185. ed. Todd. v. 595. _Lenger_] i. e. Longer. v. 600. —— _the prety wren,_ _That is our Ladyes hen_]