v. 25. to sharp is hys my] “The syllable Mi used in solmisation.” Hawkins’s Hist. of Music, iii. 41.

v. 26. pyrdewy] Compare Hycke Scorner;

“Than into loues daunce we were brought,

That we played the pyrdewy.”

Sig. A v. ed. W. de Worde.

and Colkelbie Sow;

“Sum Perdowy sum Trolly lolly.”

v. 303. Laing’s Early Pop. Poet. of Scotland.

v. 27. besy] i. e. busy.

v. 29. a lewde lewte] i. e. a vile lute.