Page 128. v. 75. Betweyn the tappett and the walle] A line which occurs again in our author’s Magnyfycence, v. 1249. vol. i. 265: tappett, i. e. tapestry, hangings.

v. 76. Fusty bawdyas] An expression used again by Skelton in his Garlande of Laurell;

“Foo, foisty bawdias! sum smellid of the smoke.”

v. 639. vol. i. 387.

It occurs in the metrical tale The Kyng and the Hermyt;

“When the coppe comys into the plas,

Canst thou sey fusty bandyas, [baudyas]

And think it in your thouht?

And you schall here a totted frere

Sey stryke pantnere,