Page 126. v. 1. gargone] i. e. Gorgon.

v. 3. Thowthe ye kan skylle of large and longe] i. e. Though you be skilled in large and long; see note, p. 95. v. 49.

v. 4.

Ye syng allway the kukkowe songe:

...

Your chorlyshe chauntyng ys al o lay]

o lay, i. e. one strain. So Lydgate;

The cokkowe syng can than but oon lay.”

The Chorle and the Bird,—MS. Harl. 116. fol. 151.

v. 12. Cicero with hys tong of golde] So Dunbar speaking of Homer and Tully;