[198] An allusion to the proverb, "Early up and never the nearer."
[199] Breviary, portable prayer-book.
[200] Bullies.
[201] Skeltonical verse.
[202] A term of endearment.
[203] Loose shoes.
[204] The allusion is to Alexander Barclay's English version (1509) of Sebastian Brant's Narrenschiff.
[205] "An expression borrowed from the author whose style is here imitated—
"Construas hoc,
Domine Dawcocke!
'Ware the Hauke, Skelton."—Dyce.
[206] A prison in the old north gate of Oxford, so named after one of the moods of the third syllogistic figure.