Part 30

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_Colinus Cloutus,[1451] quanquam mea[1452] carmina multis_ _Sordescunt stultis,[1453] sed_ puevinate _sunt_ rare _cultis,_ Pue vinatis altisem _divino flamine flatis.[1454]_ _Unde meâ refert[1455] tanto minus, invida quamvis_ _Lingua nocere parat, quia, quanquam rustica canto,_ _Undique cantabor tamen et celebrabor ubique,_ _Inclita dum maneat gens Anglica. Laurus[1456] honoris,_ _Quondam regnorum regina et gloria regum,_ _Heu, modo marcescit, tabescit, languida torpet![1457]_ _Ah pudet, ah miseret! vetor hic ego pandere plura_ 10 _Pro gemitu et lacrimis: præstet peto præmia pæna._

[875] _Colyn Cloute_] From the ed. by Kele, n. d., collated with the ed. by Kytson, n. d., with Marshe’s ed. of Skelton’s _Workes_, 1568, and with a MS. in the Harleian Collection, 2252. fol. 147.

[876] _consurget, &c._] Eds. “consurgat,” &c. MS. “resurgat ad _malignantes_.”

[877] _for delyte_] MS. “_for_ to endyte.”

[878] _for_] So Marshe’s ed. Other eds. and MS. “_for_ to.”

[879] _despyte_] MS. “desyte.”

[880] _maner_] MS. “_maner_ of.”

[881] _to_] MS. “for _to_.”

[882] _wyll reche_] MS. “wold reherse.”

[883] _this, and_] MS. “thus, or.”

[884] _He wotteth, &c._] MS. “And saythe _he_ wott not _whate_.”

[885] _and_] Not in MS.

[886] _and_] Not in MS.

[887] _He chydes ... flatters_] MS.;

“_He_ chydethe _he chaters_ _He_ praytythe _he patyrs_ _He_ cleteryth _he claters_ _He_ medelythe _he smaters_ _He_ glosythe _he fflaters_.”

[888] _Or_] MS. (perhaps) “And.”

[889] _On_] So MS. Not in eds.

[890] _The deuell is dede_] Not in MS.

[891] _well so_] MS. “_so well_.”

[892] _worldly_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “wordly.”

[893] _Fyckell ... vnstablenesse_] MS.;

“And _fykyll falsenes_ And _varyabulnes_ _With_ vnstedfastnes.”

[894] _ye_] MS. “they.”

[895] _I_] MS. “And.”

[896] _moughte_] Other eds. “moothe.” MS. “mothe.”

[897] _If ye, &c._] MS. “And _yf_ thow _take well_ it _wythe_.”—The eds. give the line as in the text, except that they have “talke” instead of “_take_:” compare v. 186.

[898] _spirituall_] MS. “spiritualte.”

[899] _the_] Not in Marshe’s ed.

[900] _blother_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “bloder.”—In MS. the line runs,

“Thys _eche_ with _hothyr_ blen.”

[901] _agayng_] Other eds. “against.” MS. “ayenste.”

[902] _ben_] MS. “be.”

[903] _no_] MS. “none.”

[904] _theyr_] Not in MS.

[905] _Vnethes_] MS. “Scantly.”

[906] _amonges_] Other eds. and MS. “amonge.”

[907] _theyr_] MS. “the.”

[908] _theyr hole_] MS. “all _ther_.”

[909] _the_] MS. “them a.”

[910] _to_] Not in MS.

[911] _lumber forth_] MS. “labor _forthe_ so in.”

[912] _herken_] Marshe’s ed. “herke.”

[913] _it_] MS. “all.”

[914] _theyr prouynciall_] Eds. (with various spelling) “_theyr_ pryncypall.” MS. “_the prouynciall_:” compare v. 223.

[915] _meddels_] MS. “medlythe.”

[916] _Churches_] MS. “chyrche.”

[917] _solfa_] MS. “solfe.”

[918] _to be set_] MS. “_to sett_.”

[919] _iurisdictions_] MS. “juridiccion.”

[920] _afflictions_] MS. “afflyccion.”

[921] _prescriptions_] MS. “prescripcion.”

[922] _spirituall_] So MS. Eds. “the _spiritual_.”

[923] _contradictions_] MS. “contradiccion.”

[924] _fyctions_] MS. “affeccions.”

[925] _great_] MS. “the _grete_.”

[926] _neuer_] MS. “not.”

[927] _thus_] MS. “thys.”

[928] _barke_] So MS. Eds. “carke” (are careful, anxious,—which does not well suit the sense of the passage). Perhaps Skelton wrote “carpe” (talk, prate); for in the present poem we find the following similar, imperfect rhymes;

“And some of them _barke_, Clatter and _carpe_.”—v. 549.

“About churches and _market_: The bysshop on his _carpet_.”—v. 328.

[929] _houses wolde_] MS. “howsoldes woll.”

[930] _lene_] So MS. Eds. “lame.”

[931] _haue full lytell care_] MS. “hathe but _lytell_ cure.”

[932] _euyll_] MS. “yll.”

[933] _say_] MS. “sathe.”

[934] _for_] So MS. Eds. “full” and “ful.” See notes.

[935] _Is for, &c._] MS. “_Ys they haue_ lytell _arte_.”

[936] _sklender_] MS. “slendyr.”

[937] _out of_] MS. “with _owte_.”

[938] _As_] MS. “_As_ hyt.”

[939] _werryn_] So MS. Eds. “wary.”

[940] _theyr_] Not in MS.

[941] _the_] MS. “thyse.”

[942] _are_] MS. “be.”

[943] _deuz decke_] MS. “decke.”

[944] _They ar made, &c._] This line only in MS.

[945] _Moche ... an_] MS. “Myche ... a.”

[946] _Becket them_] MS. “Saynt Thomas of Canterbury.”

[947] _they_] MS. “that _they_.”

[948] _moche_] MS. “myche.”

[949] _nay, nay_] So MS. Eds. “_nay_.”

[950] _that_] Not in MS.

[951] _But it is not, &c._] This line not in MS.

[952] _Churche_] MS. “chyrche.”

[953] _For lothe, &c._] This line not in MS.

[954] _whan_] MS. “_when_ that.”

[955] _Sare_] Other eds. “fare.” MS. “sciire.” (Perhaps Skelton wrote “_Seir_”—and in the next line “appeire.”) See notes.

[956] _appare_] MS. “payre.”

[957] _in_] Not in MS.

[958] _to_] Not in Kytson’s ed.

[959] _gose_] So other eds. and MS. Kele’s ed. “gooes.”

[960] _ye_] MS. “yow.”

[961] _owte_] So MS. Not in eds.

[962] _In Lenton season_] MS. “_In_ lente so myche.”

[963] _Ye pycke no shrympes nor_] MS. “Thus _pyke_ ne _shrympes_ ne.”

[964] _nor_] MS. “ne.”

[965] _Lenton_] MS. “lente.”

[966] _Ye ... ne_] MS. “They ... nor.”

[967] _lose_] So MS. Kele’s ed. “losse.” Other eds. “loose” (having in the next line “goose”).

[968] _To a pygge, &c._] This line in MS. thus, “_To_ ete eythyr _pygge or gose_.”

[969] _To knowe, &c._] This line found only in MS.

[970] _surfled_] MS. “surfuld.” See notes.

[971] _And howe whan ye_] MS. “And when they.”

[972] _As at Sitientes_] MS. “At _att citientes_.” The editor of 1736 printed “As _Insipientes_.” See notes.

[973] _are insufficientes_] MS. “_ad sufficientes_.”

[974] _bestiall_] So MS. Eds. “bestyali” and “bestially.”

[975] _vntaught_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “vntought.”

[976] _take they_] MS. “they take.”

[977] _cure_] Other eds. “cures.”

[978] _woteth neuer_] MS. “wot not.”

[979] _Ave_] So MS. Not in eds.

[980] _small_] MS. “lewde.”

[981] _prymes_] MS. “prime.”

[982] _And lepe, &c._] This line, and the two following lines, not in MS.

[983] _in_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “en.”

[984] _vagabundus_] So Marshe’s ed. Other eds. “vacabundus.” MS. “vacabondes.”

[985] _sory_] MS. “seke.”

[986] _the_] MS. “every.”

[987] _good_] Marshe’s ed. “god.”

[988] _apostles_] MS. “postylles.”

[989] _Cum ipsis ... villis_] MS.

“_Cum ipso vell cum ipsa_ _Que invenitur villi._”

[990] _And you wyll_] MS. “_And_ ye can.”

[991] _iust_] MS. “fyrste.”

[992] _and_] Not in MS.

[993] _a true_] MS. “trewe.”

[994] _a_] MS. “hys.”

[995] _were_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “where.”

[996] _were moche_] MS. “we _were_ myche.”

[997] _their_] MS. “_ther_ owne.”

[998] _can not scarsly_] MS. “scantlye.”

[999] _he_] Not in other eds. nor in MS.

[1000] _Tom a thrum_] MS. “Jacke _athrum_.”

[1001] _syluer_] MS. “money.”

[1002] _There_] MS. “They.”

[1003] _nor_] MS. “or.”

[1004] _they_] MS. “ye.”

[1005] _Is_] MS. “Hyt _ys_.”

[1006] _hermoniake_] MS. “harman jake.”

[1007] _ye_] MS. “they.”

[1008] _Ouer this_] MS. “Also.”

[1009] _Reporte_] MS. “Reportythe.”

[1010] _An_] So MS. Eds. “A.”

[1011] _the stony_] MS. “a stone.”

[1012] _dare_] MS. “can.”

[1013] _and warme_] So MS. Not in eds.

[1014] _bewrapped_] MS. “wrappyd.”

[1015] _morowes_] MS. “marys.”

[1016] _of myxt gold begared_] Marshe’s ed. “_of mixt golde_ begarded.” MS. “with _golde be_ gloryd.”

[1017] _moyles_] MS. “mvles.”

[1018] _Or_] MS. “_Or_ else.”

[1019] _yoke_] MS. “choke.”

[1020] _sommons_] MS. “somners.”

[1021] _excommunycacyons_] MS. “extermynacions.”

[1022] _churches_] MS. “chyrche.”

[1023] _farly_] So MS. Eds. (with various spelling) “fearfull.”

[1024] _Howe warely, &c._] This line and the following one not in MS.

[1025] _all to-mangle_] So MS. Eds. “_all mangle_.”

[1026] _Full_] MS. “For.”

[1027] _And_] MS. “_And_ as.”

[1028] _as vntruely_] MS. “vtterly.”

[1029] _As the_] MS. “That a.”

[1030] _A man myght, &c._] This line not in MS.

[1031] _Ware the_] MS. “Was a.”

[1032] _sclaunderyng_] MS. “slaunderynge.”

[1033] _for_] MS. “of.”

[1034] _Lyke prynces_] MS. “As prinopes” (_principes_).

[1035] _perles_] MS. “perle.”

[1036] _mones_] MS. “mornys.”

[1037] _tonge tayde_] MS. “_tonge_ tyed.”

[1038] _speke_] MS. “spekys.”

[1039] _be_] MS. “ar.”

[1040] _tollage_] MS. “tollynge.”

[1041] _make_] Other eds. “haue.”

[1042] _to_] Not in MS.

[1043] _commytted_] MS. “vnnethe.”

[1044] _Tenure par seruyce, &c._] This line and the six following ones not in MS.

[1045] _tourne_] MS. “returne.”

[1046] _In_] MS. has “_In_ to;” and, after this line, it gives

“_Contra presepta morum_:”

but see v. 382.

[1047] _And to forsake, &c._] This line and the nine following ones not in MS.

[1048] _ys_] So MS. Eds. “and.”

[1049] _Amongest_] MS. “Amonge.”

[1050] _nowe_] MS. “nonne.”

[1051] _Dame Sybly_] This line not in MS.

[1052] _Sare_] MS. “Sybylle.”

[1053] _theyr_] MS. “the.”

[1054] _What, Colyne, &c._] This line and the following one not in MS.

[1055] _The lay fee_] MS. “Thus _the lay_.”

[1056] _the fawte_] So MS. Not in eds.

[1057] _On you, prelates_] So Marshe’s ed. Other eds. “In _you prelates_.” MS. “In your presepte.”

[1058] _Ye do them wrong_] Other eds. “_Ye do wrong_.”

[1059] _And_] So MS. Not in eds.

[1060] _Evyn_] So MS. Not in eds.

[1061] _that they_] Kytson’s ed. “_they that_.”

[1062] _lyke_] MS. “and.”

[1063] _Redys_] So MS. Eds. “Rede.”

[1064] _foundacyons_] MS. “foundacion.”

[1065] _talkys_] So MS. Eds. “talke.”

[1066] _Howe ye brake the dedes_] MS. “_How_ that he brekes _the_ deths.”

[1067] _Turne monasteris into_] MS. “To _torne monestarys_ to.”

[1068] _ye_] So Marshe’s ed. Other eds. “they.” MS. “to.”

[1069] _workes ... are_] MS. “worke ... ys veraye.”

[1070] _Spent_] MS. “Spend.”

[1071] _Diriges are_] MS. “dyrige.”

[1072] _But where, &c._] This and the following line not in MS.

[1073] _coulde_] MS. “can.”

[1074] _false_] MS. “hole.”

[1075] _Turke, Sarazyn, &c._] This line and the twenty-seven lines which follow not in MS.

[1076] _rescue_] Other eds. “rescite.”

[1077] _In admirabili honore_] Kele’s ed. “_In o admirabile honore_.” Kytson’s ed. “Into _admirabile honore_.” Marshe’s ed. “Into honorable _honore_.”

[1078] _Fulgurantis hastæ_] Eds. “Fulgurantes haste.” See notes.

[1079] _gloria_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “glyria.”

[1080] _vpon_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “vpyn.”

[1081] _eche_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “yche.”

[1082] _penalte_] So MS. and other eds. (with various spelling). Kele’s ed. “penalyte.”

[1083] _Nota_] MS. “Note.”

[1084] _theologys_] MS. “theologi.”

[1085] _astrologys_] MS. “astrologi.”

[1086] _Ascendent a degre_] This passage seems to be corrupted. MS. “Assendente a _dextre_:” (and compare the Lansdown MS. quoted below.)

[1087] _Was so then, &c._] This line not in MS.

[1088] _A fatall fall of one_] So MS. (and compare the Lansdown MS. quoted below). Eds. “All _fatall_ for _one_.”

[1089] _shuld_] So MS. Eds. “shall.”

[1090] _on_] MS. “in.”

[1091] _thynges_] MS. “thynge.”

[1092] _Amongest_] MS. “Amonge.”

[1093] _haue none_] MS. has “alone;” and omits the seventy-eight lines which follow. Among the _Lansdown MSS._ (762. fol. 75) I find the subjoined fragment:

“Som men thynke that ye shall haue penaltie for youre Inyquytie Note well what to saye yf yt please the not onely yt is good for astrollogy ffor tholomy tolde me the sonn somtyme to be In a Signe called ariotte assendam ad dextram when Scorpio is descendyng affatuall fall of one that syttys now on trone and rewles all thynge alone your tethe whet on this bone Amonge you euery chone And lett colen clowte alone.

The profecy of Skelton 1529.”

(The name originally written “_Skylton_.”)

[1094] _see_] Eds. “fee.”

[1095] _to_] Not in Marshe’s ed.

[1096] _that the people_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “the the peope.”

[1097] _wyt_] So (“_wit_”) other eds. Kele’s ed. “owne _wyt_.”

[1098] _predestynacyon_] Other eds. (with various spelling) “predestitacion.”

[1099] _resydeuacyon_] Eds. (with various spelling) “resydenacyon.”

[1100] _essence_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “assence.”

[1101] _ipostacis_] Other eds. “ipostatis.”

[1102] _agaynst_] Other eds. “agayn.”

[1103] _warke_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “weike.”

[1104] _barke_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “barek.”

[1105] _Wicleuista_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “Wytclyftista.”

[1106] _Howe the Church, &c._] This passage in MS. stands thus:

“Some sey holy chyrche haue to mykell Som sey they haue tryalytes And some sey they brynge pluralites And qualifie qualites And also tot cotte They talke lyke sottes Makynge many owte cryes That they cannot kepe ther wyffes And thus the losselles stryvys.”

[1107] _in_] Other eds. “him _in_.”

[1108] _materialites_] Eds. (with various spelling) “maierialites.”

[1109] _sottes_] Marshe’s ed. “scottes.”

[1110] _gathereth_] Marshe’s ed. “gathered.”

[1111] _by_] MS. “be.”

[1112] _ayles_] MS. “eylythe.”

[1113] _mought_] MS. “myghte.”

[1114] _aduysed_] MS. “avysed.”

[1115] _so_] Not in other eds.

[1116] _prelacy_] MS. “the prelacye.”

[1117] _where the_] MS. “whan they.”

[1118] _Come_] MS. “Comyn vp.”

[1119] _in_] MS. “_in_ ther.”

[1120] _Farwell symplicite_] Not in MS.

[1121] _Ye_] MS. “Theyse.”

[1122] _Ye cast vp then_] MS. “They _caste then vp_.”

[1123] _a_] Not in MS.

[1124] _ye_] So MS. Eds. “to.”

[1125] _ye_] So MS. Not in eds.

[1126] _bothe_] So MS. Not in eds.

[1127] _ye_] Other eds. “you.”

[1128] _wyll_] Not in other eds.

[1129] _And that is all_] MS. “_And that_ hyt _ys_.”

[1130] _howe ye_] MS. “that they.”

[1131] _The_] MS. “That.”

[1132] _vnderstode_] Other eds. “vnderstand.”

[1133] _auaunce_] MS. “avayle.”

[1134] _another_] MS. “a new.”

[1135] _scorne_] MS. “grete scorne.”

[1136] _hunt_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “hunet.”

[1137] _Lepe ouer_] MS. “Kepe vnnethe.”

[1138] _Set nothyng by_] MS. “And _sette_ nowghte _by_.”

[1139] _to_] Marshe’s ed. “so.”

[1140] _ouer_] MS. “be on.”

[1141] _Grete_] So MS. Not in eds.

[1142] _crouche_] Other eds. “couch.”

[1143] _call_] MS. “I haue _calle_.”

[1144] _you_] Not in MS.

[1145] _yow_] So MS. Eds. “ye.”

[1146] _ye_] So MS. Eds. “you.”

[1147] _mattocke_] Eds. “mattockes.” MS. “mactocke.”

[1148] _shule_] MS. “shovyll.”

[1149] _haue_] MS. “hathe.”

[1150] _ye_] Eds. and MS. “they.”

[1151] _moldy_] So MS. Eds. “moulde” and “mould.”

[1152] _cowde_] So MS. Eds. (with various spelling) “wolde.”

[1153] _Loggyng in fayre_] So MS. Eds. “Lodged in the.”

[1154] _lousy beddes_] MS. “a _lowsy_ bed.”

[1155] _Alas, this is out_] MS. “All _this ys owte_ owte.”

[1156] _Many one ye haue vntwynde_] So MS. See notes. Eds. (with various spelling) “_Many one haue_ but wynde.”

[1157] _made_] So MS. Eds. “make.”

[1158] _se_] Not in MS.

[1159] _well beware_] MS. “_be well ware_.”

[1160] _falle_] So Marshe’s ed. and MS. Other eds. “false.”

[1161] _may_] So MS. Eds. (with various spelling) “myght.”

[1162] _in_] So MS. Eds. “on.”

[1163] _deuyll_] Other eds. (with various spelling) “deuils.” See notes.

[1164] _Yet, ouer all that_] MS. “And _yete ouer that_.”

[1165] _they_] MS. “thus _they_.”

[1166] _haue_] So MS. Not in eds.

[1167] _tonsors be croppyd_] So MS. The reading of the eds. “coursers _be_ trapped,” does not accord so well with the context.

[1168] _they be_] MS. “_they_ sey byn.”

[1169] _They folowe, &c._] So these lines are rightly arranged in MS. In eds. of Kele, and Kytson, they stand thus;

“That ye can &c. They folowe &c. And so they &c. Howe the &c.”

In Marshe’s ed. thus;

“They folow &c. That ye can &c. And so they &c. How the &c.”

[1170] _wrye_] So MS. Eds. “wryte.”

[1171] _ye, prelates_] MS. “yow so.”

[1172] _Ye bysshops of estates_] MS. “The _Bysshoppes of_ estate.” Marshe’s ed. “_Ye_ Bysshoppe,” &c.

[1173] _gates_] MS. “gate.”

[1174] _Of_] So MS. Eds. “For.”

[1175] _com forthe_] So MS. Eds. “conforte” and “confort.”

[1176] _pullpettes_] MS. “pulpyt.”

[1177] _awtentyke_] So MS. Eds. “attentyke” and “antentike.”

[1178] _Of preesthode, &c._] This line and the following one not in MS.

[1179] _intoxicate_] MS. “intrixicate.”

[1180] _contaminate_] So Marshe’s ed. Kele’s ed. “contemminate.” Kytson’s ed. “contamininate.”

[1181] _that_] Not in MS.

[1182] _that_] Not in MS.

[1183] _Churchis_] So Marshe’s ed. Other eds. “churche” and “church.” MS. “chyrchys.”

[1184] _estates_] Marshe’s ed. and MS. “estate.”

[1185] _rates_] MS. “of rate.”

[1186] _theyr_] MS. “her.”

[1187] _As_] So MS. Eds. “And.”

[1188] _papalles_] MS. “papall.”

[1189] _maister_] Not in MS.

[1190] _hys_] So MS. Not in eds.

[1191] _yet_] MS. “ys.”

[1192] _els_] Not in MS.

[1193] _Carmelus_] MS. “Carmelinus.”

[1194] _Vpon_] MS. “Of.”

[1195] _Or_] So MS. Eds. “And.”

[1196] _his_] MS. “thys.”

[1197] _a_] MS. “this.”

[1198] _be_] So other eds. and MS. Not in Kele’s ed.

[1199] _clerkley_] MS. “clerely.”

[1200] _But men sey your awtoryte_] So MS. Eds.;

“_Men say_ _But your auctoryte._”

(the last word variously spelt.)

[1201] _se_] Other eds. “fee.”

[1202] _your_] MS. “_your_ hye.”

[1203] _Then all, &c._] This line not in MS.

[1204] _These_] Marshe’s ed. “Those.” MS. gives the line thus, “This _shuld be_ now _more weyed_.”

[1205] _thankfullerlye_] So MS. Eds. “thankfully.”

[1206] _remayne_] MS. “rettayne.”

[1207] _Amonge_] Not in MS.

[1208] _your wordes retayne_] MS. “reherse these _wordes_ agayn,” omitting the following line.

[1209] _thousand thousande_] MS. “thowsand.”

[1210] _blaber_] MS. “babyll.”

[1211] _blother_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “bloder.” MS. “blondyr.”

[1212] _of the_] Not in MS.

[1213] _broke_] MS. “boke.”

[1214] _for_] Not in MS.

[1215] _of_] Not in MS.

[1216] _But_] MS. “_But_ to.”

[1217] _analogice_] MS, “anolegie.”

[1218] _categorice_] Eds. “cathagorice” and “rathagorice.” MS. gives the line thus, “_Or_ cathogory.”

[1219] _that in diuinite_] MS. “_that_ dyngnite.”

[1220] _That hath, &c._] This line and the following one not in MS.

[1221] _obiecte at by_] So MS. Eds “obiected for.”

[1222] _At the brode gatus_] Not in MS.

[1223] _bacheleratus_] MS. “bagalatus.”

[1224] _the_] MS. “an.”

[1225] _Taketh_] MS. “Take.”

[1226] _cap_] MS. “cuppe.”

[1227] _Robyn_] MS. “a.”

[1228] _a_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “an.”

[1229] _the_] So MS. Eds. “a.”

[1230] _nor_] MS. “and.”

[1231] _Neyther syllogisare_] MS. “Nothir foly _silogizare_.”

[1232] _Nor enthymemare_] Eds. “_Nor_ of _emptimeniare_.” MS. “_Nor entimemare_.”

[1233] _his elenkes_] Eds. “_his_ eloquens” and “_his_ eloquence.” MS. “not _hys elenkes_.”

[1234] _predicamens_] Other eds. “predicamence.” MS. “predictamenttes.”

[1235] _mell_] MS. “medyll.”

[1236] _And he dare not well neuen_] MS. “_And_ wyll newyn.”

[1237] _Nor_] MS. “And.”

[1238] _starrys_] So MS. Eds. “sterres” and “starres.”

[1239] _wyll I_] MS. “_I wyll_.”

[1240] _fryers_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “freres”—but at v. 1188 it gives “fryers” as the rhyme to “lyers.”

[1241] _Though_] MS. “There.”

[1242] _Preches_] MS. “Prechythe.”

[1243] _Flatterynge_] MS. “And flatyrs.”

[1244] _malte_] MS. “salte,” and in the next line “malte.”

[1245] _to_] Not in MS.

[1246] _fraude_] MS. “fawte.”

[1247] _curates to_] MS. “curat to _to_.”

[1248] _open tyme and in Lent_] MS. “Ester tyde _and lente_.”

[1249] _But_] Not in MS.

[1250] _it_] So other eds. Not in Kele’s ed.

[1251] _an_] Other eds. “and.”

[1252] _hath_] MS. “hyt _hathe_.”

[1253] _melottes_] MS. “flockes.”

[1254] _wyl_] MS. “_wyll_ take.”

[1255] _grotes_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “grots.”

[1256] _of_] So MS. Eds. “yf” and “if.”

[1257] _from_] MS. “or.”

[1258] _the raile, and the olde rauen_] MS. “a _rayle_ an _olde_ rowen.”

[1259] _by Dudum, theyr Clementine_] MS. “_Bidudum_ The.”

[1260] _they_] So MS. Not in eds.

[1261] _propreli they ar_] MS. “_they ar properli_.”

[1262] _To shryue, assoyle, and reles_] MS. “_To_ shewe _assoyle and_ to _releas_.”

[1263] _Margeries_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “Mergeres,”—but previously it has “Margery,” v. 854. MS. “Margaretes.”

[1264] _fell_] MS. “fyll.”

[1265] _therout_] MS. “owte.”

[1266] _Another Clementyne also, &c._] I suspect some corruption here. In MS. the passage stands thus;

“_Another clementyn how frere_ faby and _mo_ _Exivit_,” &c.

[1267] _With_] So other eds. Kele’s ed “Wit.”

[1268] _they_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “the.”

[1269] _to_] So other eds. and MS. Not in Kele’s ed.

[1270] _Al maner of abiections_] MS. “Suche _maner of_ subieccōns.”

[1271] _affections_] So other eds. and MS. Kele’s ed. “afflictions.”

[1272] _the sayd_] MS. “sadde.”

[1273] _cases_] MS. “cawsys.”

[1274] _the sede of graces_] MS. “_sede of_ grace.”

[1275] _coueytous and ambycyon_] MS. “_couetus ambyssyon_.”

[1276] _be_] MS. “_be_ bothe.”

[1277] _glum_] MS. seems to have “mume,” and omits the next line.

[1278] _Worsshepfully_] So MS. Eds. “Worship” and “Worshyp.”

[1279] _Churche_] MS. “chyrche.”

[1280] _good_] Not in MS.

[1281] _That counterfaytes, &c._] Kytson’s ed. “The _counterfaytes and_ painets.”

[1282] _them lyke_] MS. “they _lyke_.”

[1283] _losse_] Some eds. “lesse.”

[1284] _a peny nor of a crosse_] MS. “_peny nor of crosse_.”

[1285] _And_] Not in MS.

[1286] _to net_] So Marshe’s ed. and MS. Other eds. “_to_ the _net_.”

[1287] _royally_] MS. “ryally.”

[1288] _Stretchynge_] MS. “So recchyng.”

[1289] _aboute_] MS. “apon.”

[1290] _Fresshe_] MS. “As _fresshe_.”

[1291] _And howe_] MS. “_Howe_ god.”

[1292] _his_] MS. “a.”

[1293] _a lege de moy_] MS. “_a lege moy_.”

[1294] _And of_] So MS. Eds. “_And of_ his.”

[1295] _of_] Not in MS.

[1296] _Nowe_] So Marshe’s ed. Other eds. and MS. “How.”

[1297] _garlantes_] MS. “garlondes.”

[1298] _That_] MS. “This.”

[1299] _chambres_] So MS. (“chambyrs”). Eds. “chambre.”

[1300] _churches_] MS. “chyrchys.”

[1301] _Churche_] MS. “chyrche.”

[1302] _They rune agaynst_] MS. “The ron ayenste.”

[1303] _tellyng_] MS. “yellyng,” omitting the following line.

[1304] _Yet_] MS. “Thus.”

[1305] _quenes yellyng_] MS. “comyn _yellyng_.”

[1306] _man_] Not in MS.

[1307] _kyng_] So other eds. and MS. (with various spelling.) Kele’s ed. “gyng.” See notes.

[1308] _and_] MS. “to.”

[1309] _verrey_] So MS. Not in eds. The following word in MS. “wyll.”

[1310] _And whan, &c._] This line not in MS.

[1311] _For I rede a_] Marshe’s ed. “_For I_ red _a_.” MS. “_I rede_ by.”

[1312] _Cum_] So MS. Eds. “_Sum_.”

[1313] _amicare_] Altered by the Editor of 1736 to “_dimicare_.” See notes.

[1314] _pravare_] MS. “_grassari_.”

[1315] _Wherfore_] MS. “Therfor.”

[1316] _dothe reporte_] So MS. The words have dropt out from the eds.

[1317] _That_] MS. “How.”

[1318] _ye_] So Marshe’s ed. and MS. Other eds. “we.”

[1319] _Yet_] MS. “And _yet_.”

[1320] _so moche_] MS. “myche,” giving the two following lines thus,

“As they suppose and gesse Ye play so at the chesse.”

[1321] _estate_] So other eds. and MS. Kele’s ed. “steate.”

[1322] _mell_] MS. “neyther _melle_.”

[1323] _take_] MS. “to _take_.”

[1324] _For_] MS. “More _for_.”

[1325] _of_] MS. “all _of_.”

[1326] _roste_] So MS. Eds. “rest.”

[1327] _Helas, &c._] MS. gives the line thus, “O alas _I say_ alas.”

[1328] _a_] Not in MS.

[1329] _not_] So other eds. and MS. Kele’s ed. “nat.”

[1330] _that_] MS. “yet.”

[1331] _herke_] MS. “harte.”

[1332] _at_] MS. “all.”

[1333] _And_] MS. “Or.”

[1334] _yet_] So MS. Not in eds.

[1335] _Nor to expresse_] MS. “Not _to_ prese.”

[1336] _person_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “parson.” MS. “persone.”

[1337] _your consentatyon_] Marshe’s ed. “_your_ assentacion.” MS. “george gascone.”

[1338] _to hym_] Not in MS.

[1339] _nor_] MS. “or.”

[1340] _his_] MS. “this.”

[1341] _Neyther erle ne duke_] MS. “Nowther _erle_ nor _duke_.”

[1342] _Permytted? by_] MS. “Now _by_.”

[1343] _wonderous warke_] MS. “wonder _warke_.”

[1344] _talke of such vncouthes_] MS. “tell veritatem.”