Page 173. Apud Trumpinton scriptum per Curatum ejusdem, &c.] A passage wrongly understood by Skelton’s biographers: see Account of his Life and Writings.
Page 174.
Diligo rustincum cum portant bis duo quointum,
Et cantant delos est mihi dulce melos]
The Rev. J. Mitford proposes to read—
Diligo rusticulum cum portat Dis duo quintum,
Et cantat Delos, est mihi dulce melos:
understanding duo quintum to mean decimum, a tenth or tithe, and explaining the whole, I like the peasant when he brings his tithe to Dis, and sings “Delos,”—pays it from motives of devotion.