v. 709. obsolute] i. e. absolute, absolved.
v. 710. practyue] i. e. practise.
—— abolete] i. e. antiquated, abolished.
[Page 49.] v. 713.
But I wyll make further relacion
Of this isagogicall colation]
—isagogicall colation seems to be equivalent here to—comparison introduced, or discourse introduced for the sake of comparison.
v. 715. How maister Gaguine, &c.] Concerning Gaguin see the Account of Skelton’s Life, &c. The passage here alluded to, will be found in Roberti Gaguini ordinis sanctæ trinitatis ministri generalis de origine et gestis francorum perquamutile compendium, lib. x. fol. cxiiii. (where the marginal note is “Balluæ cardinalis iniquitas”), ed. 1497. Cardinal Balue (whom the reader will probably recollect as a character in Sir W. Scott’s Quentin Durward) was confined by order of Louis xi. in an iron cage at the Castle of Loches, in which durance he remained for eleven years. But there is no truth in Skelton’s assertion that he “was hedyd, drawen, and quarterd,” v. 737; for though he appears to have deserved that punishment, he terminated his days prosperously in Italy.
[Page 49.] v. 720. a great astate] i. e. a person of great estate, or rank.
v. 728. so wele apayd] i. e. so well satisfied, pleased.