And make hereof a syckyll or a saw,
For thoughe ye lyue a c. yere, ye shall dy a daw.
Vos valete,
Doctor indiscrete!
[604] Ware the Hauke] From the ed. by Kynge and Marche of Certaine bokes compyled by mayster Skelton, n. d., collated with the same work, ed. Day, n. d., and ed. Lant, n. d., and with Marshe’s ed. of Skelton’s Workes, 1568.
[605] aulter] Here Lant’s ed. has “auter.” (In the spelling of this word the eds. are not consistent; see vv. 49, 59, 189.)
[606] complaynte] So other eds. Ed. of Kynge and Marche, “complaunt.”
[607] Be] So other eds. Ed. of Kynge and Marche, “By.”
[608] fauconer] So other eds. Ed. of Kynge and Marche, and of Lant, “fouconer.”
[609] pawtenar] Eds. of Day, and Marshe, “pawtner.”