Hys noble pleasure and commandenennt,
Scrybbyl thow, scrybyll thow, rayle or wryght,
Wryght what thow wylte, I xall thé aquyte. 180
By the kyngys most noble commandemennt.
[559] Crotoniati] Should be “Crotoniatæ.” (Vide De Invent. Rhet.)
[560] They] Compare v. 173 of the preceding poem.
[561] Sayth from, &c.] This line added to MS. in (perhaps) a different hand.
[562] can] MS. seems to read “cam.”
[563] holde] MS. “bolde.”
[564] wyl] Compare v. 135.