From the Vulgate. “Ibunt in splendore fulgurantis hastæ tuæ.” Habac. iii. 11. “Et micantis gladii, et fulgurantis hastæ.” Nahum, iii. 3.
v. 456. eysell] i. e. vinegar.
v. 458. ypocras] Was a favourite medicated drink, composed of wine (usually red), with spices and sugar. It is generally supposed to have been so named from Hippocrates (often contracted, as in our author’s Garlande of Laurell, v. 1426. vol. i. 417, to “Ipocras”); perhaps because it was strained,—the woollen bag used by apothecaries to strain syrups and decoctions for clarification being termed Hippocrates’s sleeve.
Page 328. v. 459. Let the cat wynke] See note, p. 168. v. 305.
v. 460. Iche wot] Seems to mean here—Each knows (not, I know); and therefore in the remainder of the line the reading of Kele’s ed., “yche,” ought not to have been rejected.
v. 467. theologys] i. e. theologians.
v. 468. astrologys] i. e. astrologers.
Page 329. v. 469. Ptholome] See note, p. 133. v. 503.
v. 474. pretendynge] Equivalent to—portending.
“What misfortune, aduersitie, or blame,