v. 421. polys] i. e. pools.

v. 422. babylles] i. e. (fools’) bawbles.

v. 424. He facithe owte at a fflusshe] Compare The Bowge of Courte, v. 315.

“And soo outface hym with a carde of ten.”

v. 315. vol. i. 42.

fflusshe, i. e. a hand of cards all of a sort.

v. 425. cardys] i. e. cards.

v. 427. skyregalyard] See note, p. 218. v. 101.

—— prowde palyard] So, afterwards, the Duke of Albany is termed by Skelton in his tirade against that nobleman, v. 170. vol. ii. 73. “Paillard. A lecher, wencher, whoremunger, whorehunter; also, a knave, rascall, varlet, scoundrell, filthy fellow.” Cotgrave’s Dict.

—— vaunteperler] “Avant-parleur. A forespeaker; or one that is too forward to speak.” Cotgrave’s Dict. “Whiche bee the vauntperlers and heddes of thair faction.” Letter of Bedyll to Crumwell,—State Papers (1830), i. 424.