[596] grene wode] Is obviously the right reading. MS. has merely “grenes.”
[597] Though, &c.] This line is added by a comparatively modern hand.
[598] Menander] See note, p, 130.
[599] Malepardus] The abode of Reynard according to the famous old romance: “reynart had many a dwellyng place, but the castel of maleperduys was the beste and the fastest burgh that he had, ther laye he inne whan he had nede and was in ony drede or fere.” Sig. a 8. ed. 1481.
[600] Occanist] So written, it would seem, for the rhyme; properly “Occamist.”
[601] a knighte] i. e. Sir Thomas More.
[602] his Debellation] i. e. Sir Thomas More’s Debellacyon of Salem vnd Byzance.
[603] ages] i. e. age is.
[604] the mayde of Kent] i. e. Elizabeth Barton.
[605] by] i. e. buy,—acquire, earn.