v. 104. not worth a fly] A common expression in our early poetry;
“The goos saide then al this nys worth a file.”
Chaucer’s Ass. of Foules,—Workes, fol. 235. ed. 1602.
v. 106. brother] James married Margaret sister of Henry the Eighth.
v. 109. Gup] See note, p. 99. v. 17.
—— Syr Scot of Galawey] See note on v. 61. p. 217.
v. 110. fall] i. e. fallen.
v. 111. Male vryd] i. e. ill-fortuned (Fr. malheur).
Page 186. v. 117. Scipione] i. e. Scipio.
v. 119. Thoughe ye vntruly your father haue slayne] James iii. was slain by a ruffian whose name is not certainly known, under circumstances of great atrocity, in 1488, in a miller’s cottage, immediately after his flight from the battle of Sauchie-burn, where his son (then in his 17th year) had appeared in arms against him. The mind of James iv. was haunted by remorse for his father’s death; and he wore in penance an iron girdle, the weight of which he every year increased.