Insigni forma quæ peperit puerum.
Illico multorum fama hæc pervenit ad aures,
Esse patrem nato sacrificum puero.
Skeltonum facti non pœnitet aut pudet; ædes
Ad sacras festo sed venit ipse die:
Pulpita conscendit facturus verba popello;
Inque hæc prorupit dicta vir ille bonus;
Quid vos, O scurræ, capit admiratio tanta?
Non sunt eunuchi, credite, sacrifici:
O stolidi, vitulum num me genuisse putatis?
Non genui vitulum, sed lepidum puerum;
Sique meis verbis non creditis, en puer, inquit;
Atque e suggesto protulit, ac abiit.”
p. 103.
From _A Treatise Against Jvdicial Astrologie. Dedicated to the Right
Honorable Sir Thomas Egerton Knight, Lord Keeper of the Great Seale,
and one of her Maiesties most honorable priuie Councell. Written by
John Chamber, one of the Prebendaries of her Maiesties free Chappell of
Windsor, and Fellow of Eaton College._ 1601. 4to.
“Not much vnlike to merrie Skelton, who thrust his wife out at the doore,
and receiued her in againe at the window. The storie is well known how
the bishop had charged him to thrust his wife out of the doore: but that
which was but a meriment in Skelton,” &c. p. 99.
“So that the leape yeare, for any thing I see, might well vse the defence
of merie Skelton, who being a priest, and hauing a child by his wife,
euerie one cryed out, Oh, Skelton hath a child, fie on him, &c. Their
mouthes at that time he could not stop: but on a holy day, in a mery
mood, he brought the child to church with him, and in the pulpit stript
it naked, and held it out, saying, See this child: is it not a pretie
child, as other children be, euen as any of yours? hath it not legs,
armes, head, feet, limbes, proportioned euery way as it shuld be? If
Skelton had begot a monster, as a calfe, or such like, what a life should
poore Skelton haue had then? So we say for the leape yeare, if it had
changed the nature of things, as it is charged, how should it haue done
then to defende itselfe?” p. 113.
From _The Life of Long Meg of Westminster: containing the mad merry
prankes she played in her life time, not onely in performing sundry
quarrels with diuers ruffians about London: But also how valiantly she
behaued her selfe in the warres of Bolloingne._ 1635. 4to. (Of this tract
there is said to have been a much earlier edition. I quote from the
reprint in _Miscellanea Antiqua Anglicana_, 1816.)
“CHAP. II.
Containing how he [the carrier] placed her in Westminster, and
what shee did at her placing.
After the carrier had set vp his horse, and dispatcht his lading, hee
remembred his oath, and therefore bethought him how he might place these
three maides: with that hee called to minde that the mistresse at the
Eagle in Westminster had spoken diuers times to him for a seruant; he
with his carriage passed ouer the fields to her house, where he found her
sitting and drinking with a Spanish knight called sir James of Castile,
doctor Skelton, and Will Sommers; told her how hee had brought vp to
London three Lancashire lasses, and seeing she was oft desirous to haue
a maid, now she should take her choyce which of them she would haue.
Marry, quoth shee (being a very merry and a pleasant woman), carrier,
thou commest in good time; for not onely I want a maid, but heere bee
three gentlemen that shall giue me their opinions, which of them I shall
haue. With that the maids were bidden come in, and she intreated them to
giue their verdict. Streight as soone as they saw Long Meg, they began
to smile; and doctor Skelton in his mad merry veine, blessing himselfe,
began thus:
_Domine, Domine, vnde hoc?_
What is she in the gray cassock?
Me thinkes she is of a large length,
Of a tall pitch, and a good strength,
With strong armes and stiffe bones;
This is a wench for the nones:
Her lookes are bonny and blithe,
She seemes neither lither nor lithe,
But young of age,
And of a merry visage,
Neither beastly nor bowsie,
Sleepy nor drowsie,
But faire fac’d and of a good size;
Therefore, hostesse, if you be wise,
Once be ruled by me,
Take this wench to thee;
For this is plaine,
Shee’l doe more worke than these twaine:
I tell thee, hostesse, I doe not mocke;
Take her in the gray cassocke.
What is your opinion? quoth the hostesse to sir James of Castile.
Question with her, quoth he, what she can do, and then Ile giue you mine
opinion: and yet first, hostesse, aske Will Sommers opinion. Will smiled,
and swore that his hostesse should not haue her, but king Harry should
buy her. Why so, Will? quoth doctor Skelton. Because, quoth Will Sommers,
that she shall be kept for breed; for if the king would marry her to
long Sanders of the court, they would bring forth none but souldiers.
Well, the hostesse demanded what her name was. Margaret, forsooth,
quoth she. And what worke can you doe? Faith, little, mistresse, quoth
she, but handy labour, as to wash and wring, to make cleane a house, to
brew, bake, or any such drudgery: for my needle, to that I haue beene
little vsed to. Thou art, quoth the hostesse, a good lusty wench, and
therefore I like thee the better: I haue here a great charge, for I
keepe a victualling house, and diuers times there come in swaggering
fellowes, that, when they haue eat and dranke, will not pay what they
call for: yet if thou take the charge of my drinke, I must be answered
out of your wages. Content, mistresse, quoth she; for while I serue you,
if any stale cutter comes in, and thinkes to pay the shot with swearing,
hey, gogs wounds, let me alone! Ile not onely (if his clothes be worth
it) make him pay ere hee passe, but lend him as many bats as his crag
will carry, and then throw him out of doores. At this they all smiled.
Nay, mistresse, quoth the carrier, ’tis true, for my poore pilch here
is able with a paire of blew shoulders to sweare as much; and with that
he told them how she had vsed him at her comming to London. I cannot
thinke, quoth sir James of Castile, that she is so strong. Try her, quoth
Skelton, for I haue heard that Spaniards are of wonderfull strength. Sir
James in a brauery would needs make experience, and therefore askt the
maide if she durst change a box on the eare with him. I, sir, quoth she,
that I dare, if my mistresse will giue me leaue. Yes, Meg, quoth she;
doe thy best. And with that it was a question who should stand first:
Marry, that I will, sir, quoth she; and so stood to abide sir James his
blow; who, forcing himselfe with all his might, gaue her such a box that
she could scarcely stand, yet shee stirred no more than a post. Then sir
James he stood, and the hostesse willed her not spare her strength. No,
quoth Skelton; and if she fell him downe, Ile giue her a paire of new
hose and shoone. Mistresse, quoth Meg (and with that she strooke vp her
sleeue), here is a foule fist, and it hath past much drudgery, but, trust
me, I thinke it will giue a good blow: and with that she raught at him
so strongly, that downe fell sir James at her feet. By my faith, quoth
Will Sommers, she strikes a blow like an oxe, for she hath strooke down
an asse. At this they all laught. Sir James was ashamed, and Meg was
entertained into seruice.”
“CHAP. IV.
Containing the merry skirmish that was betweene her and sir
James of Castile, a Spanish knight, and what was the end of
their combat.
There was a great suter to Meg’s mistresse, called sir James of Castile,
to winne her loue: but her affection was set on doctor Skelton; so that
sir James could get no grant of any fauour. Whereupon he swore, if hee
knew who were her paramour, hee would runne him thorow with his rapier.
The mistresse (who had a great delight to bee pleasant) made a match
betweene her and Long Meg, that she should goe drest in gentlemans
apparell, and with her sword and buckler goe and meet sir James in Saint
Georges field[s]; if she beat him, she should for her labour haue a
new petticote. Let me alone, quoth Meg; the deuill take me if I lose
a petticote. And with that her mistris deliuered her a suit of white
sattin, that was one of the guards that lay at her house. Meg put it
on, and tooke her whinyard by her side, and away she went into Saint
Georges fields to meet sir James. Presently after came sir James, and
found his mistris very melancholy, as women haue faces that are fit for
all fancies. What aile you, sweetheart? quoth he; tell me; hath any man
wronged you? if he hath, be he the proudest champion in London, Ile
haue him by the eares, and teach him to know, sir James of Castile can
chastise whom he list. Now, quoth she, shall I know if you loue me: a
squaring long knaue, in a white sattin doublet, hath this day monstrously
misused me in words, and I haue no body to reuenge it; and in a brauery
went out of doores, and bad the proudest champion I had come into Saint
Georges fields and quit my wrong, if they durst: now, sir James, if euer
you loued mee, learne the knaue to know how he hath wronged me, and I
will grant whatsoeuer you will request at my hands. Marry, that I will,
quoth he; and for that you may see how I will vse the knaue, goe with
me, you and master doctor Skelton, and be eye-witnesses of my manhood.
To this they agreed; and all three went into Saint Georges fields, where
Long Meg was walking by the wind-mils. Yonder, quoth she, walkes the
villain that abused me. Follow me, hostesse, quoth sir James; Ile goe
to him. As soone as hee drew nigh, Meg began to settle herselfe, and so
did sir James: but Meg past on as though she would haue gone by. Nay,
sirrah, stay, quoth sir James; you and I part not so, we must haue a
bout ere we passe; for I am this gentlewomans champion, and flatly for
her sake will haue you by the eares. Meg replied not a word; but only
out with her sword: and to it they went. At the first bout Meg hit him
on the hand, and hurt him a little, but endangered him diuers times, and
made him giue ground, following so hotly, that shee strucke sir James’
weapon out of his hand; then when she saw him disarm’d, shee stept within
him, and, drawing her ponyard, swore all the world should not saue him.
Oh, saue mee, sir! quoth hee; I am a knight, and ’tis but for a womans
matter; spill not my blood. Wert thou twenty knights, quoth Meg, and
were the king himselfe heere, hee should not saue thy life, vnlesse thou
grant mee one thing. Whatsoeuer it bee, quoth sir James. Marry, quoth
shee, that is, that this night thou wait on my trencher at supper at
this womans house; and when supper is done, then confesse me to be thy
better at weapon in any ground in England. I will do it, sir, quoth he,
as I am a true knight. With this they departed, and sir James went home
with his hostesse sorrowfull and ashamed, swearing that his adversary was
the stoutest man in England. Well, supper was prouided, and sir Thomas
Moore and diuers other gentlemen bidden thither by Skeltons means, to
make vp the jest; which when sir James saw inuited, hee put a good face
on the matter, and thought to make a slight matter of it, and therefore
beforehand told sir Thomas Moore what had befallen him, how entring in
a quarrell of his hostesse, hee fought with a desperate gentleman of
the court, who had foiled him, and giuen him in charge to wait on his
trencher that night. Sir Thomas Moore answered sir James, that it was no
dishonour to be foyled by a gentleman [of England?], sith Cæsar himselfe
was beaten backe by their valour. As thus they were discanting of the
valour of Englishmen, in came Meg marching in her mans attire: euen as
shee entered in at the doore, This, sir Thomas Moore, quoth sir James, is
that English gentleman whose prowesse I so highly commend, and to whom in
all valour I account myselfe so inferiour. And, sir, quoth shee, pulling
off her hat, and her haire falling about her eares, hee that so hurt him
to day is none other but Long Meg of Westminster; and so you are all
welcome. At this all the company fell in a great laughing, and sir James
was amazed that a woman should so wap him in a whinyard: well, hee as the
rest was faine to laugh at the matter, and all that supper time to wait
on her trencher, who had leaue of her mistris that shee might be master
of the feast; where with a good laughter they made good cheere, sir James
playing the proper page, and Meg sitting in her maiesty. Thus was sir
James disgraced for his loue, and Meg after counted for a proper woman.”
* * * * *
_Scogan and Skelton_, 1600, a play by Richard Hathwaye and William
Rankins, is mentioned in Henslowe’s MSS.: see Malone’s _Shakespeare_ (by
Boswell), iii. 324.
Notices of Skelton may also be found in:—
_A Dialogue bothe pleasaunt and pietifull, wherein is a godlie regiment
against the Feuer Pestilence, with a consolation and comforte againste
death. Newlie corrected by William Bullein, the authour thereof._ 1573,
8vo. Of this piece I have seen only the above ed.: but it appeared
originally in 1564. It contains notices of several poets, introduced by
way of interlude or diversion in the midst of a serious dialogue; and (at
p. 17) Skelton is described as sitting “in the corner of a Piller, with
a frostie bitten face, frownyng,” and “writyng many a sharpe Disticons”
against Wolsey—
“How the Cardinall came of nought,
And his Prelacie solde and bought,” &c.
(15 verses chiefly made up from Skelton’s works).—_The Rewarde of
Wickednesse, discoursing the sundrye monstrous abuses of wicked and
vngodly Wordelings_, &c. _Newly compiled by Richard Robinson, seruaunt
in householde to the right honorable Earle of Shrewsbury_, &c. 4to, n.
d. (The Address to the Reader dated 1574), at sig. Q 2.—_A Discourse of
English Poetrie_, &c., _By William Webbe, Graduate_, 1586, 4to, at sig.
c iii.—_The Arte of English Poesie_, &c. (attributed to one Puttenham:
but see D’Israeli’s _Amen. of Lit._ ii. 278, sqq.), 1589, 4to, at pp.
48, 50, 69.—_Fovre Letters, and certaine Sonnets: Especially touching
Robert Greene_, &c. (by Gabriell Harvey), 1592, 4to, at p. 7.—_Pierces
Supererogation or a New Prayse of the Old Asse_, &c. [by] _Gabriell
Haruey_, 1593, 4to, at p. 75.—_Palladis Tamia. Wits Treasvry Being the
Second part of Wits Commonwealth. By Francis Meres_, &c., 1598, 12mo,
at p. 279.—_Virgidemiarvm. The three last Bookes. Of byting Satyres_
(by Joseph Hall), 1598, 12mo, at p. 83.—_The Downfall of Robert Earle
of Huntington, Afterward called Robin Hood of merrie Sherwodde_, &c.
(by Anthony Munday), 1601, 4to. In this play, which is supposed to
be a rehearsal previous to its performance before Henry the Eighth,
Skelton acts the part of Friar Tuck.—In _The Death of Robert, Earle
of Hvntington_, &c. (by Anthony Munday and Henry Chettle), 1601, 4to,
which forms a Second Part to the drama just described, Skelton, though
his name is not mentioned throughout it, is still supposed to act the
Friar.—_Miscellanea_, written out by “Joħnes Mauritius” between 1604
and 1605—_MS. Reg. 12. B._ v.—contains (at fol. 14), and attributes to
Skelton, a well-known indelicate _jeu d’esprit._—_Pimlyco, or Runne
Red-Cap._ _Tis a mad world at Hogsdon_, 1609, 4to. Besides a notice
of Skelton, this poem contains two long quotations from his _Elynour
Rummyng_.—_Cornv-copiæ. Pasquils Night-Cap: Or Antidot for the Head-ache_
(by Samuel Rowlands), 1612, 4to, at sig. O 2 and sig. Q 3. The second
notice of Skelton in this poem is as follows;
“And such a wondrous troupe the Hornpipe treads,
One cannot passe another for their heads,
That shortly we shall haue (_as Skelton iests_)
A greater sort of horned men than beasts:”
but I recollect nothing in his works to which the allusion can be
applied.—_An Halfe-pennyworth of Wit, in a Penny-worth of Paper. Or, The
Hermites Tale. The third Impression._ 1613, 4to. At p. 16 of this poem
is a tale said to be “in Skeltons rime”—to which, however, it bears no
resemblance.—_The Shepheards Pipe_ (by Browne and Withers), 1614, 12mo,
in Eglogue i., at sig. C 7.—_Hypercritica; or A Rule of Judgment for
writing, or reading our History’s_, &c. _By Edmund Bolton, Author of Nero
Cæsar_ (published by Dr. Anthony Hall together with _Nicolai Triveti
Annalium Continuatio_, &c.), 1722, 8vo, at p. 235. At what period Bolton
wrote this treatise is uncertain: he probably completed it about 1618;
see Haslewood’s Preface to _Anc. Crit. Essays_, &c. ii. xvi.—_Poems: By
Michael Drayton Esqvire_, n. d. folio, at p. 283.—_The Golden Fleece
Diuided into three Parts_, &c., _by Orpheus Junior_ [Sir William
Vaughan], 1626, 4to, at pp. 83, 88, 93, of the Third Part. In this piece
“Scogin and _Skelton_” figure as “the chiefe Aduocates for the Dogrel
Rimers by the procurement of Zoilus, Momus, and others of the Popish
Sect.”—_The Fortunate Isles, and their Union. Celebrated in a Masque
designed for the Court, on the Twelfth-night_, 1626, by Ben Jonson. In
this masque are introduced “Skogan and _Skelton_, in like habits as they
lived:” see Jonson’s _Works_, viii. ed. Gifford: see also his _Tale of a
Tub_ (licensed 1633), _Works_, vi. 231.—_Wit and Fancy In a Maze. Or the
Incomparable Champion of Love and Beautie. A Mock-Romance_, &c. _Written
originally in the British Tongue, and made English by a person of much
Honor. Si foret in terris rideret Democritus._[148] 1656, 12mo. In this
romance (p. 101) we are told that “[In Elysium] the Brittish Bards
(forsooth) were also ingaged in quarrel for Superiority; and who think
you threw the Apple of Discord amongst them, but Ben Johnson, who had
openly vaunted himself the first and best of English Poets ... _Skelton_,
Gower, and the Monk of Bury were at Daggers-drawing for Chawcer:” and
a marginal note on “Skelton” informs us that he was “Henry 4. his Poet
Lawreat, who wrote disguises for the young Princes”!
[148] Such is the title-page of the copy now before me: but some copies
(see _Restituta_, iv. 196) are entitled _Don Zara del Fogo_, &c. 1656;
and others _Romancio-Mastix, or a Romance of Romances_, &c. _By Samuel
Holland. Gent._ 1660.
APPENDIX II.
LIST OF EDITIONS, &c.
_Here begynneth a lytell treatyse named the bowge of courte._
Colophon,
_Thus endeth the Bowge of courte. Enprynted at Westmynster By me Wynkyn
the Worde._ 4to, n. d.
On the title-page is a woodcut of a fox and a bear.
* * * * *
_Here begynneth a lytell treatyse named the bowge of courte._
Colophon,
_Thus endeth the Bowge of courte Enprynted at London By Wynken de Worde
in flete strete, at the sygne of the sonne._ 4to, n. d.
On the title-page is a woodcut of three men and a woman.
* * * * *
_Here folowythe dyuers Balettys and dyties solacyous deuysyd by Master
Skelton Laureat._
Colophon,
_Cum priuilegio_.
4to, n. d., and without printer’s name, but evidently from the press of
Pynson. (Consisting of 4 leaves.)
On the title-page is a woodcut representing Skelton seated in his study,
crowned with a laurel wreath, and over his head, “Arboris omne genus
viridi concedite lauro” (see _Memoir_, p. xlvi. note).
It contains—
The ballad, “My darlyng dere, my daysy floure,” &c.
The verses, “The auncient acquaintance, madam, betwen vs twayne,” &c.
The verses, “Knolege, acquayntance, resort, fauour with grace,” &c.
The Latin verses, “Cuncta licet cecidisse putas,” &c., with an English
translation, “Though ye suppose,” &c.
The verses, “Go, pytyous hart, rasyd with dedly wo,” &c.
* * * * *
_Skelton Laureate agaynste a comely Coystrowne that curyowsly chawntyd
And curryshly cowntred, And madly in hys Musykkys mokkyshly made,
Agaynste the .ix. Musys of polytyke Poems & Poettys matryculat._
Colophon,
_Cum priuilegio_.
4to, n. d., and without printer’s name, but evidently from the press of
Pynson. (Consisting of 4 leaves.)
On the title-page is a woodcut, the same as in the last mentioned tract,
but with a different border.
It contains—
The verses mentioned in the title-page.
“Contra aliū Cātitātē & Organisantē Asinum, qui impugnabat Skeltonida
pierium Sarcasmos.”
“Skelton Laureat uppon a deedmans hed yᵗ was sent to hym from an
honorable Jētyllwoman for a token Deuysyd this gostly medytacyon
in Englysh Couenable in sentence Comēdable, Lamētable, Lacrymable,
Profytable for the soule.”
The verses, “Womanhod, wanton, ye want,” &c.
* * * * *
_Honorificatissimo, Amplissimo, longeque reuerendissimo in Christo
patri: Ac domino, domino Thomæ &c. Tituli sanctæ Ceciliæ, sacrosanctæ;
Romanæ ecclesiæ presbytero Cardinali meritissimo, et Apostolicæ sedis
legato. A latereque legato superillustri &c. Skeltonis laureatus Ora,
reg. Humillimum, dicit obsequium cum omni debita reuerentia, tanto tamque
magnifico digna principe sacerdotum, totiusque iustitiæ equabilissimo
moderatore. Necnon presentis opusculi fautore excellentissimo &c. Ad
cuius auspicatissimam contemplationem, sub memorabili prelo gloriose
immortalitatis presens pagella felicitatur &c._
_A replycacion agaynst certayne yong scolers, abiured of late &c._
_Argumentum._
_Crassantes nimium, Nimium sterilesque labruscas_
_(Vinea quas domini sabaot non sustinet ultra_
_Laxius expandi) nostra est resecare uoluntas._
_Cum priuilegio a rege indulto._
Colophon,
_Thus endeth the Replicacyon of Skel. L. &c. Imprinted by Richard Pynson,
printer to the kynges most noble grace._ 4to, n. d.
* * * * *
_A ryght delectable tratyse vpon a goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell
by mayster Skelton Poete laureat studyously dyuysed at Sheryfhotton
Castell. In yᵉ foreste of galtres, wher in ar cōprysyde many & dyuers
solacyons & ryght pregnant allectyues of syngular pleasure, as more at
large it doth apere in yᵉ proces folowynge._
Colophon,
_Here endith a ryght delectable tratyse vpon a goodly garlonde or
chapelet of laurell dyuysed by mayster Skelton Poete laureat_.
_Inpryntyd by me Rycharde faukes dwellydg_ [sic] _in durā rent or els in
Powlis chyrche yarde at the sygne of the A.B.C. The yere of our lorde god
.M.CCCCC.XXIII._ _The .iii. day of Octobre_, 4to.
On the title-page is a woodcut representing Skelton seated in his study,
and on the reverse of the title-page a woodcut (copied from a French
print—see _Memoir_, p. xlvii. note),—a whole-length figure of a man
holding a branch in one hand and a flower in the other,—having at top the
words “Skelton Poeta,” and at bottom the following verses;
_Eterno mansura die dum sidera fulgent_
_Equora dumq; tument hec laurea nostra virebit._
_Hinc nostrum celebre et nomē referetur ad astra_
_Vndiq; Skeltonis memorabitur altera donis [alter Adonis]._
On the reverse of A ii. are small woodcuts of “The quene of Fame” and
“Dame Pallas.” After the colophon is the device of the printer, “Richard
Fakes.”
* * * * *
_Magnyfycence, A goodly interlude and a mery deuysed and made by mayster
Skelton poet laureate late deceasyd._
Colophon,
_Cum priuilegio_.
folio, n. d., and without printer’s name.
In a note, vol. i. 225, I have (following Ritson and others) stated
positively that this ed. was “printed by Rastell:” I ought to have said,
that in all probability it was from Rastell’s press.
* * * * *
_Here after foloweth the boke of Phyllyp Sparowe compyled by mayster
Skelton Poete Laureate._
Colophon,
_Prynted at London at the poultry by Rychard Kele_.
12mo, n. d. On reverse of the last leaf is a woodcut representing Phyllyp
Sparowe’s tomb.
An edition by Kele, 4to, n. d., is mentioned in _Typogr. Antiq._ iv. 305,
ed. Dibdin: but qy.?
* * * * *
_Here after foloweth a litle booke of Phillyp Sparow, compiled by Mayster
Skeltō Poete Laureate._
Colophon,
_Imprynted at London in paules churche yerde by Robert Toy_.
12mo, n. d. On reverse of the last leaf is the same woodcut as in the ed.
last described.
* * * * *
_Here after foloweth a litle boke of Phillip sparow. Compyled by mayster
Skelton Poete Laureate._
Colophon,
_Imprinted at London in poules churchyard, at the sygne of the Sunne, by
Antony Kitson_.
Colophon in some copies,
_Imprinted at London in poules churchyard at the sygne of the Lamb, by
Abraham Weale_ [sic].
Colophon in some other copies,
_Imprinted at London in Foster-lane by Ihon Walley_.
12mo, n. d.
An edition _Imprinted at London in paules churche yerde by John Wyght_,
with a woodcut of “Phyllyp Sparowes tomb” on the last page, is mentioned
in _Typogr. Antiq._ iv. 379. ed. Dibdin.
* * * * *
_Here after foloweth certaine bokes cōpyled by mayster Skeltō, Poet
Laureat, whose names here after shall appere._
_Speake Parot._
_The death of the noble Prynce Kynge Edwarde the fourth._
_A treatyse of the Scottes._
_Ware the Hawke._
_The Tunnynge of Elynoure Rummyng._
Colophon,
_Thus endeth these lytle workes compyled by maister Skelton Poet
Laureat_.
_Imprynted at London, in Crede Lane, by John Kynge and Thomas Marche_.
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_Heare after foloweth certain bokes Compiled by Master Skelton, Poet
Laureat, whose names here after doth appere._
(Enumeration of pieces as above.)