v. 155. tragydese] i. e. tragedies. Skelton does not mean here dramatic pieces: compare his piece Against the Scottes, v. 72. vol. i. 184. So Lydgate’s celebrated poem, The Tragedies, gathered by Iohn Bochas, of all such Princes as fell from theyr estates, &c.
v. 157. my proces for to saue]—proces, i. e. story; see notes, p. 143. v. 735. p. 146. v. 969. So our author in his Why come ye nat to Courte;
“Than, our processe for to stable.”
v. 533. vol. ii. 43.
v. 158. xall] i. e. shall.
v. 162. a tyd] i. e. betime.
v. 164. Haruy Haftar] See note, p. 107. v. 138.
v. 166. xulde] i. e. should.
v. 170. hay ... ray] Names of dances, the latter less frequently mentioned than the former:
“I can daunce the raye, I can both pipe and sing.”