that mastyfe ...
Let him neuer confounde
The gentyll greyhownde]
See note, p. 349. v. 478.
[Page 51.] v. 782. borde] i. e. jest.
v. 783. stede] i. e. place.
v. 784. maister Mewtas] John Meautis was secretary for the French language to Henry the Seventh and Henry the Eighth. It appears from Rymer’s Fœdera that he was allowed, in consideration of his services, to import Gascon wine and to dispose of it to the best advantage, T. v. P. iv. p. 78 (anno 1494), T. vi. P. i. p. 146 (anno 1518), ed. Hagæ; and that he was occasionally employed on business with foreign powers, T. v. P. iv. pp. 110, 113 (anno 1497). Among some, says Ashmole, who became Poor Knights of Windsor “probably out of devotion, rather than cause of poverty,” was “John Mewtes Secretary of the French Tongue (Pat. 18. H. 7. p. 1).” Order of the Garter, p. 161. Several unimportant entries concerning this person occur in the unpublished Books of Payments preserved in the Chapter House, Westminster.
[Page 51.] v. 795. a bull vnder lead]—lead, i. e. a leaden seal.
v. 798. Dymingis Dale] So in Thersytes, n. d.;
“Mother bryce of oxforde and greate Gyb of hynxey