[Page 9.] v. 178. Menanders pole] See note, p. 130. v. 434: pole, i. e. pool.
v. 179. Da Cansales] “He perhaps means Concilia, or the canon law.” Warton’s Hist. of E. P., ii. 347 (note), ed. 4to.
v. 180. Da Rationales] “He seems to intend Logic.” Id. ibid.
v. 183. Pety Caton] Cato Parvus (a sort of supplement to Cato Magnus, i. e. Dionysii Catonis Disticha de Moribus) was written by Daniel Churche, or Ecclesiensis, a domestic in the court of Henry the Second: see Warton’s Hist. of E. P., ii. 170, and Dibdin’s ed. of Typ. Ant., i. 120.
v. 187. scole maters] i. e. school-matters.
—— hole sentens] i. e. whole meaning.
v. 188. gariopholo] So, I believe, Skelton wrote, though the classical form of the word is garyophyllo.
v. 189. pyke] i. e. pick.
v. 190. synamum styckis] i. e. cinnamon-sticks.
v. 191. perdurable] i. e. everlasting.