v. 471. not worthe an hawe] See note, p. 269. v. 2115.
v. 472. So myche papers weryng for ryghte a smalle exesse]—exesse, i. e. excess, offence. “And for a truthe he [the Cardinal] so punyshed periurye with open punyshment & open papers werynge, that in his tyme it was lesse vsed.” Hall’s Chron. (Hen. viii.), fol. lix. ed. 1548.
v. 473. pelory pajauntes] i. e. pillory-pageants.
v. 474. the cooke stole] See note, p. 183. v. 38.
—— guy gaw] i. e. gewgaw, trifle.
v. 478.
So bolde a braggyng bocher....
...
So mangye a mastyfe curre, the grete grey houndes pere]
Again, in his Why come ye nat to Courte, Skelton alludes to the report that Wolsey was the son of a butcher, vv. 295. 491. vol. ii. 36. 42. Compare too Roy’s satire against Wolsey, Rede me, and be nott wrothe, &c.;