Note 7. "Scarborough warning--a word and a blow, and the blow come
first."--Then a very popular proverb.
Note 8.
"He that would in Court dwell
Must curry Favelle."
Favelle was the mediaeval name for a chestnut horse, as Bayard for a
bay, and Lyard for a grey. From this proverb has been corrupted our
modern phrase "to curry favour." The word is sometimes spelt Fauvelle.
Note 9. These expressions do no violence to her Grace's epistolary
style. They are to be found in her genuine letters.
Note 10. Diary of Edward the Sixth, Cott. Ms. Nero, c. x. folio 9, b.