[Page 13.] v. 262. Be] i. e. By.
v. 265. reclaymed] See note, p. 148. v. 1125.
v. 269. kus] i. e. kiss: see note, p. 128. v. 361.
v. 270. mus] i. e. muzzle, mouth.
—— Zoe kai psyche] i. e. Ζωή καὶ ψυχή.
[Page 14.] v. 274. spuria vitulamina] From the Vulgate, “Spuria vitulamina non dabunt radices altas.” Sap. iv. 3.
v. 280. quayre] i. e. quire,—pamphlet, book.—From this Lenuoy primere inclusive to the end of Speke, Parrot, with the exception of a few stanzas, the satire is directed wholly against Wolsey. The very obscure allusions to the Cardinal’s being employed in some negotiation abroad are to be referred probably to his mission in 1521. That Speke, Parrot consists of pieces written at various periods has been already noticed: and “Pope Julius,” v. 425, means, I apprehend, (not Julius ii., for he died in 1513, but) Clement vii., Julius de Medici, who was elected Pope in 1523. With respect to the dates which occur after the present Lenuoy,—“Penultimo die Octobris, 33ᵒ,” “In diebus Novembris, 34,” &c., if “33ᵒ” and “34” stand for 1533 and 1534 (when both Skelton and the Cardinal were dead), they must have been added by the transcriber; and yet in the volume from which these portions of Speke, Parrot are now printed (MS. Harl. 2252) we find, only a few pages before, the name “John Colyn mercer of London,” with the date “1517.”
v. 285. lyclyhode] i. e. likelihood.
v. 288. agayne] i. e. against.
v. 289. tonsan] i. e. toison.