[285] _nor_] So _MS. Harl._—_MS. C._ “or.”
[286] _Ye_] _M.S. Harl._ “Nor.”
[287] _Nor_] So _MS. Harl._—Omitted in _MS. C._—(“_to kepe_” is governed
by the preceding “_able_.”)
[288] _This_] _MS. Harl._ “Thus.” (But see note, p. 86.)
[289] _And_] So _MS. Harl._—Omitted in _MS. C._
[290] _matynge_] So _MS. Harl._—_MS. C._ “making.”
[291] _comons_] _MS. Harl._ “poormen.”
[292] _Amonge_] _MS. Harl._ “Amownges.”
[293] _penvry_] So _MS. Harl._—_MS. C._ “povertye” (which ends the next
line but one).
[294] _to_] _MS. Harl._ “soe.”
[295] _your_] _MS. Harl._ “this.”
[296] _you_] _MS. Harl._ “youre grace.”
[297] _agayne_] _MS. Harl._ “it _agayne_.”
[298] _playne_] _MS. Harl._ “soo _playne_.”
[299] _Howe nowe, &c._] _MS. Harl._ “_Howe_ this _warld now gowthe_.”
[300] _my noste_] i. e. mine host.
[301] _do_] Not in _MS. Harl._
[302] _As_] _MS. Harl._ “And.”
[303] _Which_] _MS. Harl._ “That.”
[304] _mans_] _MS. Harl._ “menes.”
[305] _landlorde_] _MS. Harl._ “lorde.”
[306] _at_] Not in _MS. Harl._
[307] _To be in the redyare_] _MS. Harl_. “And _to be the_ more _redyer_.”
[308] _And_] So _MS. Harl._—Not in _MS. C._
[309] _the flece_] A line, which rhymed with this, has dropt out.
[310] _foure_] _MS. Harl._ “fyve.”
[311] _Or cum not in theire_] _MS. Harl._ “_Or_ elles _come not in_ the.”
[312] _The comons, &c._] _MS. Harl._
“Youre poormen _thus_ doo _saye_
Yf _thaye_ haue it thows thay _paye_.”
[313] _But miserere mei_] Not in _MS. Harl._
[314] _This_] _MS. Harl._ “Thus.”
[315] _or_] _MS. Harl._ “and.”
[316] _welthe_] _MS. Harl._ “wyll.”
[317] _landlordes_] _MS. Harl._ “lordes.”
[318] _I_] Not in _MS. Harl._
[319] _Ye wold fynde remeadye_] _MS. Harl._ “_Yowe fynde_ some _remedy_.”
[320] _And that, &c._] In _MS. Harl._ is written, in a later hand, at the
beginning of this line, and as part of it, “In tyme.”
[321] _This_] _MS. Harl._ “there.”
[322] _among vs_] _MS. Harl._ “amownges.”
[323] _ware he_] _MS. Harl._ “_he where_.”
[324] _plage_] A line wanting to rhyme with this.
[325] _the_] _MS. Harl._ “youre powre.”
[326] _Hygh tyme for to repent_] Altered in _MS. Harl._ by a later hand
from “That it was reght _tyme to repente_.”
[327] _This sayeng_] So _MS. Harl._—_MS. C._ “Theise sayenges.”
[328] _vnto_] _MS. Harl._ “to.”
[329] _powr man he_] So _MS. Harl.—MS. C_. “povertye.”
[330] _I meane the, &c._] _MS. Harl._ omits this line.
[331] _victualing_] _MS. Harl._ “vylyng.”
[332] _Also_] _MS. Harl._ “And _also_.”
[333] _the_] Not in _MS. Harl._
[334] _vade_] _MS. Harl._ “wadde.”
[335] _parvo_] _MS. C._ “paruie.” _MS. Harl._ “parvū.” Qy. “parvis?”
[336] _comons_] _MS. Harl._ “poremen,”—altered in a later hand from
“commenes.”
[337] _Have_] _MS. Harl._ “Hath.”
[338] _hayne_] So _MS. Harl._—_MS. C._ “hande.”
[339] _wryttes yt newe_] _MS. Harl._ “wrythe _new_.”
[340] _be_] So _MS. Harl._—_MS. C._ “by.”
[341] _prowdest_] _MS. Harl._ “prowdes.”
[342] _Therfore_] _MS. Harl._ “And now.”
[343] _To suche as hath, &c._] There appears to be some corruption here.
[344] _annother_] MS. “and nother.”
[345] _That_] Qy. _dele_?
[346] _hyme_] _MS._ “hyne.”
[347] _yerne_] _MS._ “ywre.”
[348] _And be not withe me wrothe_] _MS. Harl._ “Therfore _be not_ yow
_wrothe_.”
[349] _you_] _MS. Harl._ “of.”
[350] _here_] _MS. Harl._ “this.”
[351] _cheiffe_] _MS. Harl._ “pithe.”
[352] _hole_] Not in _MS. Harl._
[353] _no nother_] i. e. none other. _MS. Harl._ “_noe_ other.”
[354] _Whiche_] _MS. Harl._ “This.”
[355] _whates_] _MS. Harl._ “what.”
[356] _mone_] So both _MSS._ But qy. “none?”
[357] _mayne shete_] In _MS. Harl._ is altered by a later hand from
“graett shepe.”
[358] _How officers, &c._] This line is added by a later hand.
[359] _dischare_] There is some error here; and perhaps a line or more
has dropt out.
[360] _And, as some, &c._] This line and the next added by a later hand.
[361] _so do_] _MS. Harl._ “thus doth.”
[362] _Vox populi, &c._] This line in _MS. Harl._ is added by a later
hand.
[363] _this_] _MS. Harl._ “the.”
[364] _How this thyng, &c._] This line omitted in _MS. Harl._
[365] _scace_] _MS Harl._ “skarese.”
[366] _Our_] _MS. Harl._ “Your.”
[367] _comes_] _MS. Harl._ “commythe.”
[368] _hys_] _MS. Harl._ “the.”
[369] _this ... deamythe_] _MS. Harl._ “thus ... dremethe.”
[370] _illi_] Both _MSS._ “ille.”
[371] _For_] _MS. Harl._ “But.”
[372] _it as it was_] _MS. Harl._ “this _as was_.”
[373] _The_] _MS. Harl._ “Youre.”
[374] _man_] _MS. Harl._ “a _man_.”
[375] _This_] _MS. Harl._ “Thus.” (But see note, p. 86.)
[376] _thynne_] A line, or perhaps more, has dropt out here.
[377] _theire_] _MS. Harl._ “the.”
[378] _My lorde is not at leysure_] A line borrowed from Skelton’s _Why
come ye nat to Courte_, v. 622 vol. ii. 46.
[379] _dares not ons to sturre_] _MS. Harl._ “darre _not ones sture_.”
[380] _must vse_] _MS. Harl._ “_most_ gowe _vse_.”
[381] _mesteres Mede_] The writer, perhaps, recollected that Skelton had
mentioned “mayden Meed” in _Ware the Hauke_, v. 149. vol. i. 160.
[382] _vttermost_] _MS. Harl._ “vttmost.”
[383] _better_] _MS. Harl._ “the” (the scribe having omitted “better” by
mistake).
[384] _makes_] _MS. Harl._ “maketh.”
[385] _non_] So _MS. Harl._—_MS. C._ “now.”
[386] _this covetous_] _MS. Harl._ “_this_ corsede _covitys_”.
[387] _me_] Not in _MS. Harl._
[388] _be_] Not in _MS. Harl._
[389] _Per speculum ænigmatæ_] This line in _MS. C._ is added by a
different hand; and in _MS. Harl._ it is one of the various additions by
a later hand: “_ænigmatæ_” (written in both _MSS._ “inigmatæ”) must have
been used for the sake of the rhyme.
[390] _The_] _MS. Harl._ “Yowr.”
[391] _trowe_] _MS. Harl._ “knowe.”
[392] _a_] Not in _MS. Harl._
[393] _sent ... cloysterers_] _MS. Harl._ “showtt ... cloystres.”
[394] _convert_] _MS. Harl._ “haue convertyd.”
[395] _the highe_] _MS. Harl._ “_the_ kenges _hy_.”
[396] _Off_] _MS. Harl._ “And _of_.”
[397] _gothe_] _MS. Harl._ “it _gothe_.”
[398] _Amonge_] _MS. Harl._ “Amownges.”
[399] _selles_] _MS. Harl._ seems to have “sylkes.”
[400] _telles_] _MS. Harl._ “tyltis.”
[401] _those ... welles_] _MS. Harl._ “thes ... weltes.”
[402] _fyle_] So _MS. Harl._—_MS. C._ “fylde.”
[403] _The commons so_] _MS. Harl._ “Yowr powr men thus.”
[404] _we ... we_] _MS. Harl._ “thay ... thay.”
[405] _10_] Not in _MS. Harl._
[406] _blessed_] So _MS. Harl._—_MS. C._ “blest.”
[407] _At_] So _MS. Harl._—_MS. C._ “A.”
[408] _thei wyll have the neke_] _MS. Harl._ “we shall _haue the_ werke.”
[409] _This the poore men saye, &c._] This and the next four lines
omitted in _MS. Harl._
[410] _11_] Not in _MS. Harl._
[411] _this_] _MS. Harl._ “thus.” (But see note, p. 86.)
[412] _make_] _MS. Harl._ “makethe.”
[413] _dothe_] _MS. Harl._ “doo.”
[414] _coniector_] _MS. Harl._ “conuector.”
[415] _For yt stondes, &c._] This line not in _MS. Harl._
[416] _shamfull_] So _MS. Harl._—Not in _MS. C._
[417] _For_] _MS. Harl._ “So.”
[418] _the kynges_] _MS. Harl._ “youre grasis.”
[419] _That_] _MS. Harl._ “But _that_.”
[420] _Yt is a wordly wondr._] Not in _MS. Harl._
[421] _The commons_] _MS. Harl._ “Youre powre men.”
[422] _12_] _MS. Harl._ “10.”
[423] _Howe_] So _MS. Harl._—Omitted in _MS. C._
[424] _Yt may a_] _MS. Harl._ “Yf _a_.”
[425] _all_] Not in _MS. Harl._
[426] _the_] So _MS. Harl._—Not in _MS. C._
[427] _realme_] A line wanting, to rhyme with this.
[428] _the_] So _MS. Harl._—Not in _MS. C._
[429] _all_] So _MS. Harl._—_MS. C._ “that.”
[430] _fyrst_] _MS. Harl._ “frist.”
[431] _By_] Not in _MS. Harl._
[432] _laweare ... landelorde_] _MS. Harl._ “laweres ... lawlorde.”
[433] _or_] _MS. Harl._ “and.”
[434] _master_] _MS. Harl._ “maisteres:” but perhaps some particular
individual is alluded to; compare the second line after.
[435] _comonwelthe_] _MS. Harl._ “commen.”
[436] _groundes make_] _MS. Harl._ “grownd makes.”
[437] _And payemasters, &c._] These two lines added in _MS. Harl._ by a
later hand.
[438] _to, to myche_] _MS. Harl._ “_to myche_.”
[439] _sterres_] _MS. Harl._ “stowrys.”
[440] _may_] Not in _MS. Harl._
[441] _By space_] _MS. Harl._ “_By_ the _space_.”
[442] _Thoughe_] _MS. Harl._ “Ye thowght.”
[443] _scase_] _MS. Harl._ “skarsse.”
[444] _them_] _MS. Harl._ “they.”
[445] _they_] _MS. Harl._ “thosse.”
[446] _wyll_] _MS. Harl._ “I _wyll_.”
[447] _toke_] _MS. Harl._ “take.”
[448] _all_] Not in _MS. Harl._
[449] _For_] Not in _MS. Harl._
[450] _so_] Not in _MS. Harl._
[451] _13_] _MS. Harl._ “11.”
[452] _neadith_] _MS. Harl._ “nedes.”
[453] _By tyme_] _MS. Harl._ “Be tymes.”
[454] _I hold and gage_] _MS. Harl._ “_I_ wold to _gage_.”
[455] _perplexyte_] In writing this word with a contraction, the
transcriber of _MS. C._ has omitted the second _p_.
[456] _this_] _MS. Harl._ “ther.”
[457] _awaye_] _MS. Harl._ “waye.”
[458] _Bothe_] So _MS. Harl._—_MS. C._ “But.”
[459] _treasure tellynge_] _MS. Harl._ “_tresure_ and _tellyng_.”
[460] _and goute_] _MS. Harl._ “_and_ the _gowt_.”
[461] _The Herte and, &c._] This line and the next omitted in _MS. Harl._
[462] _Withe_] Not in _MS. Harl._
[463] _do_] _MS. Harl._ “dothe.”
[464] _Henry_] _MS. Harl._ “Herry.”
[465] _Edwarde_] So _MS Harl.—MS. C._ “Ewarde.”
[466] _allwaye_] _MS. Harl._ “awaye.”
[467] _ffinis quothe Mr. Skelton, Poete Lawriate_] Instead of these
words, _MS. Harl._ has,
“God saue the kenge
Finis quod vox populi vox dei.”