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THE WORKS OF SIR DAVID LINDSAY
4608. Gilly-mouband. The name of a fool at the court of James V.
Comp. Thes., V. 320, " Item [25th April 1527] to a fule callit Gille-
mowband, at the Kingis command, xx s.” There are no other records,
and the payment was probably for a single appearance. This, and his
appearance in the play, may point to his being a wandering fool well
known in Scotland.
4610. Gude Cacaphatie. Bann. MS., gud kae cappetie. Probably the
name of another fool, not traced, perhaps, from his name, a stam¬
merer. Or ? Fr. Cacephaton, ill-sounding expression, applied to a fool
famed for vulgarity.
4613-4628. The Epilogue. Lines 3362-69 of the Bann. MS. were prob¬
ably omitted, either from the Edinburgh performance, or from 1602,
because of the prayer for the Virgin Mary’s intercession.
4623. Menstrell. Bann. MS., Menstrallis. The latter is correct. Min¬
strels are mentioned as preceding the procession to the Playfield.
Blaw vp ane brawll of France. The instruction to the minstrels to
“ blow up ” signifies that they were pipers. It was customary to end
miracle plays with a similar command to the minstrel. Cf. the end of
the prologue to the Croxton Play of the Sacrament, “ Now, mynstrell,
blow vp with a mery stevyn,” and the Cornwall Origo Mundi, and
Resurrexio Domini, at the conclusions of which the minstrels are in¬
structed to pipe for a dance. A dance was also the regular conclusion
to comedy.
4629. Rex sapiens . . . honor. Everlasting glory, laud, and honour be
to thee, wise King, eternal God, beneficent Creator. Not traced.