Now haue I shewyd you part of your proud mynde;
Take thys in worth, the best is behynde.
Wryten at Croydon by Crowland in the Clay,
On Candelmas euyn, the Kalendas of May. 70
[215] Skelton Laureate, &c.] This poem, and the three pieces which follow it, are given from a tract of four leaves, n. d., and without printer’s name (but evidently from the press of Pynson), collated with Marshe’s ed. of Skelton’s Workes, 1568.
[216] they] So Marshe’s ed. Pynson’s ed. “the.”
[217] syn] Marshe’s ed. “sins.”
[218] Deuyas] Marshe’s ed. “dellias.”
[219] Sospitati] Pynson’s ed. “suspirari.” Marshe’s ed. “Supitati,” which the editor of 1736 changed into “supinitati.”
[220] occasyons] Marshe’s ed. “occasion.”