[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,