“No wise man is desirous to obtayne
The forked cappe without he worthy be.”
Barclay’s Ship of Fooles, fol. 236. ed. 1570.
v. 90. to lewd] i. e. too wicked, vile.
v. 91. all beshrewd] i. e. altogether cursed.
v. 99. For other mennes skyll]—skyll, i. e. reason: the line seems to mean—Notwithstanding other men’s reasons.
Page 315. v. 107. solfa so alamyre]—alamire is the lowest note but one in Guido Aretine’s scale of music: Gayton, in his Notes upon Don Quixote, 1654, says (metaphorically) that Maritornes “plaid her part so wel, that she run through all the keyes from A-la-mi-re to double Gammut,” &c. p. 83.
v. 108. premenyre] i. e. præmunire.
v. 115. heedes] i. e. heads.
v. 119. warke] i. e. work.