v. 430. puwyt the lapwyng] In some parts of England, the lapwing is called pewit from its peculiar cry.
v. 432. The bitter with his bumpe] “The Bitter, or Bitterne, Bumpeth, when he puts his Bill in the reeds.” R. Holme’s Ac. of Armory, 1688. B. ii. p. 310.
v. 434. Menander] Means here Mæander: but I have not altered the text; because our early poets took great liberties with classical names; because all the eds. of Skelton’s Speke, Parrot, have
“Alexander, a gander of Menanders pole.”
v. 178. vol. ii. 9.
and because the following passage occurs in a poem by some imitator of Skelton, which is appended to the present edition;
“Wotes not wher to wander,
Whether to Meander,
Or vnto Menander.”
The Image of Ipocrisy, Part Third.