[992] [march-pane, a kind of biscuit.]
[993] [dexterously.]
[994] [gentle or tender.]
[995] Leominster, or Lemster, was long famous for its wool, and Skelton refers to "good Lemster wool" in his Elynour Rummin.
[996] Peakish hill; this may refer to the well-known Derbyshire mountain called the Peak.
[997] herb valerian, or mountain spikenard.
[998] perhaps charlock, or wild rape.
[999] exultingly.
[1000] pastured.
[1001] Alluding to Tamburlaine the great, or the Scythian Shepheard, 1590, 8vo. an old ranting play ascribed to Marlowe.