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“que dicax mendax—
que, fuere Et mores tales,” &c.
But from the rest of the poem it seems that Skelton intended each hexameter to be cut only into two parts.
[651] socios] Ed. “socias.”
[652] caput aut ovis] Ed. “caput caput.” I give the conjectural reading of the Rev. J. Mitford. The rhyme suggests (but the metre will not allow) “bidentis.”
[653] incola] Ed. “Nicolas.”
[654] Vddersall, &c.] Ed. “Vddersale:” but compare vv. 13, 32. In this passage I have adopted the arrangement proposed by the Rev. J. Mitford.—Ed. thus;
“Adam Vddersale. alias dictus
Adam all. a knaue his Epitaph.