v. 338. rowte] See note, p. 298. v. 1223.
v. 343. the Scottysh kynge] i. e. James the Fifth.
v. 346. stalworthy] i. e. strong, stout.
v. 347. whipling] Perhaps the same as—pipling: see note on l. 26 (prose), p. 229.
[Page 38.] v. 352. calstocke] “Calstoke. Maguderis.” Prompt. Parv. ed. 1499. “Calstocke pie de chov.” Palsgrave’s Lesclar. de la Lang. Fr., 1530. fol. xxii. (Table of Subst.).
v. 353.
There goth many a lye
Of the Duke of Albany, &c.]
This passage relates to the various rumours which were afloat concerning the Scottish affairs in 1522, during the regency of John Duke of Albany. (The last and disastrous expedition of Albany against England in 1523 had not yet taken place: its failure called forth from Skelton a long and furious invective against the Duke; see vol. ii. 68.) In 1522, when Albany with an army eighty thousand strong had advanced to Carlisle, Lord Dacre by a course of able negotiations prevailed on him to agree to a truce for a month and to disband his forces: see Hist. of Scot., v. 156 sqq. by Tytler,—who defends the conduct of Albany on this occasion from the charge of cowardice and weakness.