Stanza 3, line 4. Luz="luthus." "S" becomes "z."
The Envoi. Note the Acrostic "Villon" in the first letters of the first six lines. It is a trick he played more than once.
Stanza 1, line 1. Calixte. These names are of less interest. Calixte was Pope Calixtus III., Alphonso Borgia, who died in 1458--in Villon's twenty-sixth year. Alphonse is Alphonso V of Arragon, who died in that same year. The Duc de Bourbon is Charles the First of Bourbon, who died at the end of the year 1456, "gracieux" because his son protected Villon. Artus (Arthur) of Brittany is that same Richemont who recaptured Paris from Willoughby. Charles VII is Charles VII. The Roy Scotiste is James II., who died in 1460: the Amethyst half of his face was a birthmark. The King of Cyprus is probably John III., who died in that same fatal year, 1458. Pedants will have it that the King of Spain is John II of Castille, who died in 1454--but it is a better joke if it means nobody at all. Lancelot is Vladislas of Bohemia, who died in 1457. Cloquin is Bertrand de Guesclin who led the reconquest. The Count Daulphin of Auvergne is doubtful; Alençon is presumably the Alençon of Joan of Arc's campaign, who still survived, and is called "feu" half in ridicule, because in 1458 he had lost his title and lands for treason.
Stanza 2, line 3. Amatiste=amethyst.
Stanza 3, line 7. Tayon=Ancestor. "Etallum." Latin "Stallio."
Line 1. Cil=celui-ci. The Latin "ecce illum."
Line 3. Escuelle=bowl. "With neither bowl nor platter."
Line 4. Note again the constant redundant negative of the populace in this scholar: "Had never, no--not a sprig of parsley."