Towneley Myst., p. 95.
[Page 36.] v. 287. The Erle of Northumberlande, &c.] i. e. Henry Algernon Percy, fifth Earl of Northumberland. In 14 Henry viii. he was made warden of the whole Marches, a charge which for some reason or other he soon after resigned: vide Collins’s Peerage, ii. 305. ed. Brydges. That he found himself obliged to pay great deference to the Cardinal, is evident from Cavendish’s Life of Wolsey, where (pp. 120-128. ed. 1827) see the account of his being summoned from the north, &c. when his son Lord Percy, (who was then, according to the custom of the age, a “servitor” in Wolsey’s house) had become enamoured of Anne Boleyn. This nobleman, who encouraged literature, and appears to have patronised our poet (see Account of Skelton, &c.), died in 1527.
v. 291. Rynne] i. e. Run.
v. 292. mayny of shepe] i. e. flock of sheep.
v. 293. loke ... dur] i. e. look ... door.
v. 294. mastyue cur] }
v. 295. bochers dogge] }
i. e. Wolsey: see note, p. 349. v. 478.
v. 296. wyrry] i. e. worry.
v. 297. gnar] i. e. snarl, growl.