v. 674. passid all bawmys] i. e. surpassed all balms.

v. 676. gardynge] i. e. garden.

—— piplyng] i. e. piping; as in our author’s Replycacion, &c. vol. i. 207. l. 26 (prose).

v. 680. the nyne Muses, Pierides by name] So Chaucer;

Muses, that men clepe Pierides.

The Man of Lawes Prol. v. 4512 (but see Tyrwhitt’s note).

v. 681. Testalis] i. e. Thestylis. So Barclay;

“Neera, Malkin, or lustie Testalis.”

Second Egloge, sig. B ii. ed. 1570.

v. 682. enbybid] i. e. made wet, soaked.