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.