Good Latyn for Jake a thrum,
Tyll more matyr may cum.
By the kynges most noble commaundment.
[554] My lyuyng to reprehende] Added to MS. in a different hand.
[555] slvfferd] Might perhaps be read “slooferd.”
[556] A portion of MS. torn off here.
[557] Your] Added to MS. in a different hand.
[558] they] Compare v. 18 of the next poem.
DONUM LAUREATI DISTICHON CONTRA GOLIARDUM GARNISHE ET SCRIBAM EJUS.
Tu, Garnishe, fatuus, fatuus tuus est mage scriba: