v. 383. blissed Bachus, that mastris oft doth frame]—mastris, i. e. disturbances, strifes: see note, p. 264. v. 1738.
v. 386. sadly ... auysid] i. e. seriously, earnestly ... considered, observed.
v. 389. fresshely be ennewed] See notes, p. 144. v. 775. p. 302. v. 39.
v. 390.
The monke of Bury ...
Dane Johnn Lydgate]
—Dane, equivalent to Dominus. So at the commencement of his Lyfe of our Lady, printed by Caxton, folio, n. d.; “This book was compyled by dan John lydgate monke of Burye,” &c. He belonged to the Benedictine abbey of Bury in Suffolk.
Page 377. v. 391. theis Englysshe poetis thre] “That only these three English poets [Gower, Chaucer, Lydgate] are here mentioned, may be considered as a proof that only these three were yet thought to deserve the name.” Warton’s Hist. of E. P., ii. 354. ed. 4to. So the Scottish poets of Skelton’s time invariably selected these three as most worthy of praise: see Laing’s note on Dunbar’s Poems, ii. 355.
v. 393. Togeder in armes, as brethern, enbrasid] So Lydgate;