[1027] _And_] MS. “_And_ as.”
[1028] _as vntruely_] MS. “vtterly.”
[1029] _As the_] MS. “That a.”
[1030] _A man myght, &c._] This line not in MS.
[1031] _Ware the_] MS. “Was a.”
[1032] _sclaunderyng_] MS. “slaunderynge.”
[1033] _for_] MS. “of.”
[1034] _Lyke prynces_] MS. “As prinopes” (_principes_).
[1035] _perles_] MS. “perle.”
[1036] _mones_] MS. “mornys.”
[1037] _tonge tayde_] MS. “_tonge_ tyed.”
[1038] _speke_] MS. “spekys.”
[1039] _be_] MS. “ar.”
[1040] _tollage_] MS. “tollynge.”
[1041] _make_] Other eds. “haue.”
[1042] _to_] Not in MS.
[1043] _commytted_] MS. “vnnethe.”
[1044] _Tenure par seruyce, &c._] This line and the six following ones
not in MS.
[1045] _tourne_] MS. “returne.”
[1046] _In_] MS. has “_In_ to;” and, after this line, it gives
“_Contra presepta morum_:”
but see v. 382.
[1047] _And to forsake, &c._] This line and the nine following ones not
in MS.
[1048] _ys_] So MS. Eds. “and.”
[1049] _Amongest_] MS. “Amonge.”
[1050] _nowe_] MS. “nonne.”
[1051] _Dame Sybly_] This line not in MS.
[1052] _Sare_] MS. “Sybylle.”
[1053] _theyr_] MS. “the.”
[1054] _What, Colyne, &c._] This line and the following one not in MS.
[1055] _The lay fee_] MS. “Thus _the lay_.”
[1056] _the fawte_] So MS. Not in eds.
[1057] _On you, prelates_] So Marshe’s ed. Other eds. “In _you
prelates_.” MS. “In your presepte.”
[1058] _Ye do them wrong_] Other eds. “_Ye do wrong_.”
[1059] _And_] So MS. Not in eds.
[1060] _Evyn_] So MS. Not in eds.
[1061] _that they_] Kytson’s ed. “_they that_.”
[1062] _lyke_] MS. “and.”
[1063] _Redys_] So MS. Eds. “Rede.”
[1064] _foundacyons_] MS. “foundacion.”
[1065] _talkys_] So MS. Eds. “talke.”
[1066] _Howe ye brake the dedes_] MS. “_How_ that he brekes _the_ deths.”
[1067] _Turne monasteris into_] MS. “To _torne monestarys_ to.”
[1068] _ye_] So Marshe’s ed. Other eds. “they.” MS. “to.”
[1069] _workes ... are_] MS. “worke ... ys veraye.”
[1070] _Spent_] MS. “Spend.”
[1071] _Diriges are_] MS. “dyrige.”
[1072] _But where, &c._] This and the following line not in MS.
[1073] _coulde_] MS. “can.”
[1074] _false_] MS. “hole.”
[1075] _Turke, Sarazyn, &c._] This line and the twenty-seven lines which
follow not in MS.
[1076] _rescue_] Other eds. “rescite.”
[1077] _In admirabili honore_] Kele’s ed. “_In o admirabile honore_.”
Kytson’s ed. “Into _admirabile honore_.” Marshe’s ed. “Into honorable
_honore_.”
[1078] _Fulgurantis hastæ_] Eds. “Fulgurantes haste.” See notes.
[1079] _gloria_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “glyria.”
[1080] _vpon_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “vpyn.”
[1081] _eche_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “yche.”
[1082] _penalte_] So MS. and other eds. (with various spelling). Kele’s
ed. “penalyte.”
[1083] _Nota_] MS. “Note.”
[1084] _theologys_] MS. “theologi.”
[1085] _astrologys_] MS. “astrologi.”
[1086] _Ascendent a degre_] This passage seems to be corrupted. MS.
“Assendente a _dextre_:” (and compare the Lansdown MS. quoted below.)
[1087] _Was so then, &c._] This line not in MS.
[1088] _A fatall fall of one_] So MS. (and compare the Lansdown MS.
quoted below). Eds. “All _fatall_ for _one_.”
[1089] _shuld_] So MS. Eds. “shall.”
[1090] _on_] MS. “in.”
[1091] _thynges_] MS. “thynge.”
[1092] _Amongest_] MS. “Amonge.”
[1093] _haue none_] MS. has “alone;” and omits the seventy-eight lines
which follow. Among the _Lansdown MSS._ (762. fol. 75) I find the
subjoined fragment:
“Som men thynke that ye
shall haue penaltie
for youre Inyquytie
Note well what to saye
yf yt please the not onely
yt is good for astrollogy
ffor tholomy tolde me
the sonn somtyme to be
In a Signe called ariotte
assendam ad dextram
when Scorpio is descendyng
affatuall fall of one
that syttys now on trone
and rewles all thynge alone
your tethe whet on this bone
Amonge you euery chone
And lett colen clowte alone.
The profecy of Skelton 1529.”
(The name originally written “_Skylton_.”)
[1094] _see_] Eds. “fee.”
[1095] _to_] Not in Marshe’s ed.
[1096] _that the people_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “the the peope.”
[1097] _wyt_] So (“_wit_”) other eds. Kele’s ed. “owne _wyt_.”
[1098] _predestynacyon_] Other eds. (with various spelling)
“predestitacion.”
[1099] _resydeuacyon_] Eds. (with various spelling) “resydenacyon.”
[1100] _essence_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “assence.”
[1101] _ipostacis_] Other eds. “ipostatis.”
[1102] _agaynst_] Other eds. “agayn.”
[1103] _warke_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “weike.”
[1104] _barke_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “barek.”
[1105] _Wicleuista_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “Wytclyftista.”
[1106] _Howe the Church, &c._] This passage in MS. stands thus:
“Some sey holy chyrche haue to mykell
Som sey they haue tryalytes
And some sey they brynge pluralites
And qualifie qualites
And also tot cotte
They talke lyke sottes
Makynge many owte cryes
That they cannot kepe ther wyffes
And thus the losselles stryvys.”
[1107] _in_] Other eds. “him _in_.”
[1108] _materialites_] Eds. (with various spelling) “maierialites.”
[1109] _sottes_] Marshe’s ed. “scottes.”
[1110] _gathereth_] Marshe’s ed. “gathered.”
[1111] _by_] MS. “be.”
[1112] _ayles_] MS. “eylythe.”
[1113] _mought_] MS. “myghte.”
[1114] _aduysed_] MS. “avysed.”
[1115] _so_] Not in other eds.
[1116] _prelacy_] MS. “the prelacye.”
[1117] _where the_] MS. “whan they.”
[1118] _Come_] MS. “Comyn vp.”
[1119] _in_] MS. “_in_ ther.”
[1120] _Farwell symplicite_] Not in MS.
[1121] _Ye_] MS. “Theyse.”
[1122] _Ye cast vp then_] MS. “They _caste then vp_.”
[1123] _a_] Not in MS.
[1124] _ye_] So MS. Eds. “to.”
[1125] _ye_] So MS. Not in eds.
[1126] _bothe_] So MS. Not in eds.
[1127] _ye_] Other eds. “you.”
[1128] _wyll_] Not in other eds.
[1129] _And that is all_] MS. “_And that_ hyt _ys_.”
[1130] _howe ye_] MS. “that they.”
[1131] _The_] MS. “That.”
[1132] _vnderstode_] Other eds. “vnderstand.”
[1133] _auaunce_] MS. “avayle.”
[1134] _another_] MS. “a new.”
[1135] _scorne_] MS. “grete scorne.”
[1136] _hunt_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “hunet.”
[1137] _Lepe ouer_] MS. “Kepe vnnethe.”
[1138] _Set nothyng by_] MS. “And _sette_ nowghte _by_.”
[1139] _to_] Marshe’s ed. “so.”
[1140] _ouer_] MS. “be on.”
[1141] _Grete_] So MS. Not in eds.
[1142] _crouche_] Other eds. “couch.”
[1143] _call_] MS. “I haue _calle_.”
[1144] _you_] Not in MS.
[1145] _yow_] So MS. Eds. “ye.”
[1146] _ye_] So MS. Eds. “you.”
[1147] _mattocke_] Eds. “mattockes.” MS. “mactocke.”
[1148] _shule_] MS. “shovyll.”
[1149] _haue_] MS. “hathe.”
[1150] _ye_] Eds. and MS. “they.”
[1151] _moldy_] So MS. Eds. “moulde” and “mould.”
[1152] _cowde_] So MS. Eds. (with various spelling) “wolde.”
[1153] _Loggyng in fayre_] So MS. Eds. “Lodged in the.”
[1154] _lousy beddes_] MS. “a _lowsy_ bed.”
[1155] _Alas, this is out_] MS. “All _this ys owte_ owte.”
[1156] _Many one ye haue vntwynde_] So MS. See notes. Eds. (with various
spelling) “_Many one haue_ but wynde.”
[1157] _made_] So MS. Eds. “make.”
[1158] _se_] Not in MS.
[1159] _well beware_] MS. “_be well ware_.”
[1160] _falle_] So Marshe’s ed. and MS. Other eds. “false.”
[1161] _may_] So MS. Eds. (with various spelling) “myght.”
[1162] _in_] So MS. Eds. “on.”
[1163] _deuyll_] Other eds. (with various spelling) “deuils.” See notes.
[1164] _Yet, ouer all that_] MS. “And _yete ouer that_.”
[1165] _they_] MS. “thus _they_.”
[1166] _haue_] So MS. Not in eds.
[1167] _tonsors be croppyd_] So MS. The reading of the eds. “coursers
_be_ trapped,” does not accord so well with the context.
[1168] _they be_] MS. “_they_ sey byn.”
[1169] _They folowe, &c._] So these lines are rightly arranged in MS. In
eds. of Kele, and Kytson, they stand thus;
“That ye can &c.
They folowe &c.
And so they &c.
Howe the &c.”
In Marshe’s ed. thus;
“They folow &c.
That ye can &c.
And so they &c.
How the &c.”
[1170] _wrye_] So MS. Eds. “wryte.”
[1171] _ye, prelates_] MS. “yow so.”
[1172] _Ye bysshops of estates_] MS. “The _Bysshoppes of_ estate.”
Marshe’s ed. “_Ye_ Bysshoppe,” &c.
[1173] _gates_] MS. “gate.”
[1174] _Of_] So MS. Eds. “For.”
[1175] _com forthe_] So MS. Eds. “conforte” and “confort.”
[1176] _pullpettes_] MS. “pulpyt.”
[1177] _awtentyke_] So MS. Eds. “attentyke” and “antentike.”
[1178] _Of preesthode, &c._] This line and the following one not in MS.
[1179] _intoxicate_] MS. “intrixicate.”
[1180] _contaminate_] So Marshe’s ed. Kele’s ed. “contemminate.” Kytson’s
ed. “contamininate.”
[1181] _that_] Not in MS.
[1182] _that_] Not in MS.
[1183] _Churchis_] So Marshe’s ed. Other eds. “churche” and “church.” MS.
“chyrchys.”
[1184] _estates_] Marshe’s ed. and MS. “estate.”
[1185] _rates_] MS. “of rate.”
[1186] _theyr_] MS. “her.”
[1187] _As_] So MS. Eds. “And.”
[1188] _papalles_] MS. “papall.”
[1189] _maister_] Not in MS.
[1190] _hys_] So MS. Not in eds.
[1191] _yet_] MS. “ys.”
[1192] _els_] Not in MS.
[1193] _Carmelus_] MS. “Carmelinus.”
[1194] _Vpon_] MS. “Of.”
[1195] _Or_] So MS. Eds. “And.”
[1196] _his_] MS. “thys.”
[1197] _a_] MS. “this.”
[1198] _be_] So other eds. and MS. Not in Kele’s ed.
[1199] _clerkley_] MS. “clerely.”
[1200] _But men sey your awtoryte_] So MS. Eds.;
“_Men say_
_But your auctoryte._”
(the last word variously spelt.)
[1201] _se_] Other eds. “fee.”
[1202] _your_] MS. “_your_ hye.”
[1203] _Then all, &c._] This line not in MS.
[1204] _These_] Marshe’s ed. “Those.” MS. gives the line thus, “This
_shuld be_ now _more weyed_.”
[1205] _thankfullerlye_] So MS. Eds. “thankfully.”
[1206] _remayne_] MS. “rettayne.”
[1207] _Amonge_] Not in MS.
[1208] _your wordes retayne_] MS. “reherse these _wordes_ agayn,”
omitting the following line.
[1209] _thousand thousande_] MS. “thowsand.”
[1210] _blaber_] MS. “babyll.”
[1211] _blother_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “bloder.” MS. “blondyr.”
[1212] _of the_] Not in MS.
[1213] _broke_] MS. “boke.”
[1214] _for_] Not in MS.
[1215] _of_] Not in MS.
[1216] _But_] MS. “_But_ to.”
[1217] _analogice_] MS, “anolegie.”
[1218] _categorice_] Eds. “cathagorice” and “rathagorice.” MS. gives the
line thus, “_Or_ cathogory.”
[1219] _that in diuinite_] MS. “_that_ dyngnite.”
[1220] _That hath, &c._] This line and the following one not in MS.
[1221] _obiecte at by_] So MS. Eds “obiected for.”
[1222] _At the brode gatus_] Not in MS.
[1223] _bacheleratus_] MS. “bagalatus.”
[1224] _the_] MS. “an.”
[1225] _Taketh_] MS. “Take.”
[1226] _cap_] MS. “cuppe.”
[1227] _Robyn_] MS. “a.”
[1228] _a_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “an.”
[1229] _the_] So MS. Eds. “a.”
[1230] _nor_] MS. “and.”
[1231] _Neyther syllogisare_] MS. “Nothir foly _silogizare_.”
[1232] _Nor enthymemare_] Eds. “_Nor_ of _emptimeniare_.” MS. “_Nor
entimemare_.”
[1233] _his elenkes_] Eds. “_his_ eloquens” and “_his_ eloquence.” MS.
“not _hys elenkes_.”
[1234] _predicamens_] Other eds. “predicamence.” MS. “predictamenttes.”
[1235] _mell_] MS. “medyll.”
[1236] _And he dare not well neuen_] MS. “_And_ wyll newyn.”
[1237] _Nor_] MS. “And.”
[1238] _starrys_] So MS. Eds. “sterres” and “starres.”
[1239] _wyll I_] MS. “_I wyll_.”
[1240] _fryers_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “freres”—but at v. 1188 it
gives “fryers” as the rhyme to “lyers.”
[1241] _Though_] MS. “There.”
[1242] _Preches_] MS. “Prechythe.”
[1243] _Flatterynge_] MS. “And flatyrs.”
[1244] _malte_] MS. “salte,” and in the next line “malte.”
[1245] _to_] Not in MS.
[1246] _fraude_] MS. “fawte.”
[1247] _curates to_] MS. “curat to _to_.”
[1248] _open tyme and in Lent_] MS. “Ester tyde _and lente_.”
[1249] _But_] Not in MS.
[1250] _it_] So other eds. Not in Kele’s ed.
[1251] _an_] Other eds. “and.”
[1252] _hath_] MS. “hyt _hathe_.”
[1253] _melottes_] MS. “flockes.”
[1254] _wyl_] MS. “_wyll_ take.”
[1255] _grotes_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “grots.”
[1256] _of_] So MS. Eds. “yf” and “if.”
[1257] _from_] MS. “or.”
[1258] _the raile, and the olde rauen_] MS. “a _rayle_ an _olde_ rowen.”
[1259] _by Dudum, theyr Clementine_] MS. “_Bidudum_ The.”
[1260] _they_] So MS. Not in eds.
[1261] _propreli they ar_] MS. “_they ar properli_.”
[1262] _To shryue, assoyle, and reles_] MS. “_To_ shewe _assoyle and_ to
_releas_.”
[1263] _Margeries_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “Mergeres,”—but previously
it has “Margery,” v. 854. MS. “Margaretes.”
[1264] _fell_] MS. “fyll.”
[1265] _therout_] MS. “owte.”
[1266] _Another Clementyne also, &c._] I suspect some corruption here. In
MS. the passage stands thus;
“_Another clementyn how frere_ faby and _mo_
_Exivit_,” &c.
[1267] _With_] So other eds. Kele’s ed “Wit.”
[1268] _they_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “the.”
[1269] _to_] So other eds. and MS. Not in Kele’s ed.
[1270] _Al maner of abiections_] MS. “Suche _maner of_ subieccōns.”
[1271] _affections_] So other eds. and MS. Kele’s ed. “afflictions.”
[1272] _the sayd_] MS. “sadde.”
[1273] _cases_] MS. “cawsys.”
[1274] _the sede of graces_] MS. “_sede of_ grace.”
[1275] _coueytous and ambycyon_] MS. “_couetus ambyssyon_.”
[1276] _be_] MS. “_be_ bothe.”
[1277] _glum_] MS. seems to have “mume,” and omits the next line.
[1278] _Worsshepfully_] So MS. Eds. “Worship” and “Worshyp.”
[1279] _Churche_] MS. “chyrche.”
[1280] _good_] Not in MS.
[1281] _That counterfaytes, &c._] Kytson’s ed. “The _counterfaytes and_
painets.”
[1282] _them lyke_] MS. “they _lyke_.”
[1283] _losse_] Some eds. “lesse.”
[1284] _a peny nor of a crosse_] MS. “_peny nor of crosse_.”
[1285] _And_] Not in MS.
[1286] _to net_] So Marshe’s ed. and MS. Other eds. “_to_ the _net_.”
[1287] _royally_] MS. “ryally.”
[1288] _Stretchynge_] MS. “So recchyng.”
[1289] _aboute_] MS. “apon.”
[1290] _Fresshe_] MS. “As _fresshe_.”
[1291] _And howe_] MS. “_Howe_ god.”
[1292] _his_] MS. “a.”
[1293] _a lege de moy_] MS. “_a lege moy_.”
[1294] _And of_] So MS. Eds. “_And of_ his.”
[1295] _of_] Not in MS.
[1296] _Nowe_] So Marshe’s ed. Other eds. and MS. “How.”
[1297] _garlantes_] MS. “garlondes.”
[1298] _That_] MS. “This.”
[1299] _chambres_] So MS. (“chambyrs”). Eds. “chambre.”
[1300] _churches_] MS. “chyrchys.”
[1301] _Churche_] MS. “chyrche.”
[1302] _They rune agaynst_] MS. “The ron ayenste.”
[1303] _tellyng_] MS. “yellyng,” omitting the following line.
[1304] _Yet_] MS. “Thus.”
[1305] _quenes yellyng_] MS. “comyn _yellyng_.”
[1306] _man_] Not in MS.
[1307] _kyng_] So other eds. and MS. (with various spelling.) Kele’s ed.
“gyng.” See notes.
[1308] _and_] MS. “to.”
[1309] _verrey_] So MS. Not in eds. The following word in MS. “wyll.”
[1310] _And whan, &c._] This line not in MS.
[1311] _For I rede a_] Marshe’s ed. “_For I_ red _a_.” MS. “_I rede_ by.”
[1312] _Cum_] So MS. Eds. “_Sum_.”
[1313] _amicare_] Altered by the Editor of 1736 to “_dimicare_.” See
notes.
[1314] _pravare_] MS. “_grassari_.”
[1315] _Wherfore_] MS. “Therfor.”
[1316] _dothe reporte_] So MS. The words have dropt out from the eds.
[1317] _That_] MS. “How.”
[1318] _ye_] So Marshe’s ed. and MS. Other eds. “we.”
[1319] _Yet_] MS. “And _yet_.”
[1320] _so moche_] MS. “myche,” giving the two following lines thus,
“As they suppose and gesse
Ye play so at the chesse.”
[1321] _estate_] So other eds. and MS. Kele’s ed. “steate.”
[1322] _mell_] MS. “neyther _melle_.”
[1323] _take_] MS. “to _take_.”
[1324] _For_] MS. “More _for_.”
[1325] _of_] MS. “all _of_.”
[1326] _roste_] So MS. Eds. “rest.”
[1327] _Helas, &c._] MS. gives the line thus, “O alas _I say_ alas.”
[1328] _a_] Not in MS.
[1329] _not_] So other eds. and MS. Kele’s ed. “nat.”
[1330] _that_] MS. “yet.”
[1331] _herke_] MS. “harte.”
[1332] _at_] MS. “all.”
[1333] _And_] MS. “Or.”
[1334] _yet_] So MS. Not in eds.
[1335] _Nor to expresse_] MS. “Not _to_ prese.”
[1336] _person_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “parson.” MS. “persone.”
[1337] _your consentatyon_] Marshe’s ed. “_your_ assentacion.” MS.
“george gascone.”
[1338] _to hym_] Not in MS.
[1339] _nor_] MS. “or.”
[1340] _his_] MS. “this.”
[1341] _Neyther erle ne duke_] MS. “Nowther _erle_ nor _duke_.”
[1342] _Permytted? by_] MS. “Now _by_.”
[1343] _wonderous warke_] MS. “wonder _warke_.”
[1344] _talke of such vncouthes_] MS. “tell veritatem.”
[1345] _Agaynst all spirituall_] MS. “Ayenste _spiritual_.”
[1346] _hap_] MS. “dothe _happe_.”
[1347] _do_] MS. “they.”
[1348] _And_] Not in MS.
[1349] _In your convenire_] Not in MS.
[1350] _stande sure and fast_] MS. “stonde _faste_.”
[1351] _take_] MS. “make.”
[1352] _And_] Not in MS.
[1353] _those that stande_] MS. “thyse _that_ stondyth.”
[1354] _But_] MS. “_But_ as for.”
[1355] _after_] MS. “on.”
[1356] _Take nowe vpon_] Eds. “_Take vpon_.” MS. “I _take nowe vppon_.”
[1357] _Thus_] MS. “Thys.”
[1358] _I do it for_] So MS. (“hyt”). Eds. “_I do it_ not _for_.”
[1359] _rude_] MS. “bothe _rude_.”
[1360] _vertuous_] MS. “vertu.”
[1361] _those_] MS. “they.”
[1362] _I_] MS. “_I_ do.”
[1363] _Nor_] MS. “_Nor_ no.”
[1364] _I escrye_] Marshe’s ed. “of the clargy.”
[1365] _yette_] So MS. Not in eds.
[1366] _them that do_] MS. “suche as dothe.”
[1367] _rebellyng_] MS. “in raylyng.”
[1368] _Churche_] MS. “chyrche.”
[1369] _agaynst_] MS. “agayne.”
[1370] _despytyng_] Eds. (with various spelling) “despysyng.” MS. gives
the line thus, “_To_ cawse suche dysputyng.”
[1371] _be_] Not in Marshe’s ed.
[1372] _Agaynst_] MS. “Ayenste.”
[1373] _gramed_] Eds. “greued.” MS. “grevyd.” See notes. (_Gremed_ is
nearer the trace of the old letters, but Skelton elsewhere has the former
spelling.)
[1374] _can_] So Marshe’s ed. and MS. Other eds. “can _not_.”
[1375] _or_] MS. “and.”
[1376] _of_] Not in MS.
[1377] _That_] Not in MS.
[1378] _And feleth_] MS. “Or fele.”
[1379] _to_] MS. “for _to_.”
[1380] _thynketh_] MS. “thynkes.”
[1381] _ydeottes_] MS. “Idolles.”
[1382] _any_] MS. “no.”
[1383] _But they wold, &c._] This line the MS. gives thus, “_But_ yet
_they wolde_ haue _no blame_,” and omits the following line.
[1384] _But_] MS. “And.”
[1385] _rod_] MS. “rede.”
[1386] _That nothyng is_] MS. “Whyche _ys nothyng_.”
[1387] _euyll_] MS. “yll.”
[1388] _daunt_] MS. “teche.”
[1389] _theyr_] MS. “_theyr_ grete.”
[1390] _losell_] MS. “pollshorne.”
[1391] _Deuyas_] Kytson’s ed. “deuyrs.” Marshe’s ed. “dyuers.”
[1392] _of_] MS. “on.”
[1393] _maters_] Kytson’s ed. “matter.” MS. “medlyng.”
[1394] _darest_] MS. “dar.”
[1395] _darest thou, losell_] MS. “dar _thow_ lorell.”
[1396] _Agaynst ... counsell_] MS. “Ayenste ... prevy _councell_.”
[1397] _Auaunt_] MS. “_Avante_ avante.”
[1398] _wardeyne_] Kele’s ed. “wadeyne.” Other eds. and MS. “warden.”
[1399] _hym_] MS. “them.”
[1400] _vyllayne_] MS. “polshorne.”
[1401] _fre_] Not in MS.
[1402] _sayes that we are_] MS. “seythe _we_ be.”
[1403] _mercylesse_] MS. “graceles.”
[1404] _insaciate_] MS. “incessant.”
[1405] _Agaynst vs dothe_] MS. “Ayenste _vs_ he _dothe_.”
[1406] _And Saynt Mary_] MS. “Or at _Saynte_ Marys.”
[1407] _They set not by_] MS. “_Sett_ nowghte _by_.”
[1408] _whystell_] MS. “shetyll,”—which, at least, is a better rhyme.
[1409] _for_] MS. “all.”
[1410] _And_] Not in MS.
[1411] _carpe vs_] MS. “clacke of _vs_.”
[1412] _wyll rule_] MS. “ren.”
[1413] _or_] MS. “and.”
[1414] _parcyalyte_] Kele’s ed. “paryalyte.” Other eds. and MS. (with
various spelling) “parcialite.”
[1415] _into_] Marshe’s ed. and MS. “to.”
[1416] _be_] MS. “ar.”
[1417] _By the ryght of_] MS. “Be hyt _ryghte_ as.”
[1418] _To be, &c._] This line not in MS.
[1419] _thys_] So MS. Eds. “thus.”
[1420] _Ye_] MS. “The.”
[1421] _And_] So MS. Not in eds.
[1422] _As noble, &c._] This line and the following one stand thus in MS.;
“_As nobyll_ Isay _was_
_The holye prophete_ ozeas.”
[1423] _some_] MS. “and _som_.”
[1424] _rule_] MS. “rayle.”
[1425] _our_] So MS. (“ower”). Eds. “your.”
[1426] _of Cyuyll_] MS. “wyll.”
[1427] _Diuine_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “diuinite.” The line in MS
stands thus; “Or _of_ domynicke _or doctour_ oryll.”
[1428] _rough_] Not in MS.
[1429] _Renne God, &c._] This line thus in MS.; “Ryn _god_ or ryn
_devyll_.”
[1430] _Renne ... renne_] MS. “Ryn ... ryn.”
[1431] _take all the rest_] MS. “them _take_ there _reste_.”
[1432] _We_] MS. “For _we_.”
[1433] _to_] Not in MS.
[1434] _Saduces_] Kele’s ed. “seduces.” Other eds. “saducies.” MS.
“Adasayes,” omitting the following line.
[1435] _Whiche_] MS. “Wyttes.”
[1436] _determyned_] So MS. Eds. (with various spelling) “determyne.”
[1437] _semeth_] MS. “semys.”
[1438] _wyll_] MS. “_wyll_ not.”
[1439] _ne_] MS. “nor yet.”
[1440] _scrolles_] Not in MS.
[1441] _As well, &c._] This line not in MS.
[1442] _it_] Not in MS.
[1443] _Of_] MS. “And.”
[1444] _And_] So MS. Eds. “That.”
[1445] _stere_] So MS. Eds. “pere.”
[1446] _salu_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “sauel.”
[1447] _and_] MS. “_and_ to.”
[1448] _that_] Not in MS.
[1449] _Amen_] Not in Marshe’s ed. In MS. the word is followed by “quod
Collyn Clowte.”
[1450] _perfecto_] After this MS. has “qd Sceltonyus lawreatus.”
[1451] _Colinus Cloutus, &c._] These verses, not in eds., follow the poem
of _Colyn Cloute_ in the Harleian MS. The corruptions in the second and
third lines (distinguished by Roman letter) have baffled the ingenuity of
the several scholars to whom I submitted them.
[1452] _mea_] MS. “mori.”
[1453] _stultis_] MS. “stulte.”
[1454] _flamine flatis_] MS. “flamina faltis.” Compare p. 223, last line
but one.
[1455] _refert_] MS. “referte.”
[1456] _Laurus_] MS. “lauruus.”
[1457] _torpet_] MS. “tropet.”
A RYGHT DELECTABLE TRATYSE VPON A GOODLY GARLANDE OR CHAPELET OF
LAURELL,[1458]
BY MAYSTER SKELTON, POETE LAUREAT, STUDYOUSLY DYUYSED AT SHERYFHOTTON
CASTELL, IN THE FORESTE OF GALTRES, WHEREIN AR COMPRYSYDE MANY AND DYUERS
SOLACYONS AND RYGHT PREGNANT ALLECTYUES OF SYNGULAR PLEASURE, AS MORE AT
LARGE IT DOTH APERE IN THE PROCES FOLOWYNGE.
_Eterno mansura die dum sidera fulgent,_
_Æquora dumque tument, hæc laurea nostra virebit:_
_Hinc nostrum celebre et nomen referetur ad astra,_
_Undique Skeltonis memorabitur alter Adonis._
Arectyng my syght towarde the zodyake,
The sygnes xii for to beholde a farre,
When Mars retrogradant[1459] reuersyd his bak,
Lorde of the yere in his orbicular,[1460]
Put vp his sworde, for he cowde make no warre,
And whan Lucina plenarly[1461] did shyne,
Scorpione ascendynge degrees twyse nyne;
In place alone then musynge in my thought
How all thynge passyth as doth the somer flower,
On[1462] euery halfe my reasons forthe I sought, 10
How oftyn fortune varyeth in an howre,
Now clere wether, forthwith a stormy showre;
All thynge compassyd, no perpetuyte,
But now in welthe, now in aduersyte.
So depely drownyd I was in this dumpe,
Encraumpysshed so sore was my conceyte,
That, me to rest, I lent me to a stumpe
Of an oke, that somtyme grew full streyghte,
A myghty tre and of a noble heyght,
Whose bewte blastyd was with the boystors wynde, 20
His leuis loste, the sappe was frome the rynde.
Thus stode I in the frytthy forest of Galtres,
Ensowkid with sylt[1463] of the myry mose,
Where hartis belluyng, embosyd with distres,
Ran on the raunge so longe, that I suppose
Few men can tell now[1464] where the hynde calfe gose;
Faire fall that forster[1465] that so well[1466] can bate his hownde!
But of my purpose[1467] now torne we to the grownde.
Whylis I stode musynge in this medytatyon,
In slumbrynge I fell[1468] and halfe in a slepe; 30
And whether it were of ymagynacyon,
Or of humors superflue, that often wyll crepe
Into the brayne by drynkyng ouer depe,
Or it procedyd of fatall persuacyon,
I can not wele tell[1469] you what was the occasyon;
But sodeynly at ones, as I me aduysed,[1470]
As one in a trans or in an extasy,
I sawe a pauylyon wondersly[1471] disgysede,
Garnysshed fresshe after my fantasy,
Enhachyde with perle and stones preciously, 40
The grounde engrosyd and bet with bourne golde,
That passynge goodly it was to beholde:
Within it,[1472] a prynces excellente of porte;
But to recounte her ryche abylyment,
And what estates to her did resorte,
Therto am I full insuffycyent;
A goddesse inmortall[1473] she dyd represente;
As I harde say, dame Pallas was her name;
To whome supplyed the royall Quene of Fame.[1474]
_The Quene of Fame to Dame Pallas._