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: