v. 886. Perce and Mede] i. e. Persia and Media.
v. 896.
She floryssheth new and new
In bewte and vertew]
So Lydgate:
“And euer encrecyng in vertue new and newe.”
The Temple of Glas., sig. b vii. n. d. 4to.
See also his Warres of Troy, B. ii. sig. II i. B. iii. sig. S i. ed. 1555; and Chaucer, The Pardoneres Tale, v. 12863. ed. Tyr.
v. 903. askry] i. e. call out against, raise a shout against: see note on v. 1358, p. 152.
v. 905. odyous Enui, &c.] Here Skelton has an eye to Ovid’s picture of Envy: