P.  63.  Song  of  the  Peace  with  England. — It  has  been  suggested  to
me  that  the  word  cul  in  this  song  is  only  a  form  of  col  (collum) ;  and  I  am  told


NOTES.  359

that  among  the  titles  of  some  fables  in  the  same  manuscript  there  is  one  of  the
stork  "au  long  cul."  In  this  song,  however,  I  am  inclined  to  think  such  an
interpretation  not  admissible.  It  is  a  rude  burlesque  not  only  upon  the
event  to  which  it  relates,  but  upon  the  English  in  general,  and  contains
much  coarse  humour  such  as  is  not  uncommonly  used  at  the  present  day.
