Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ... Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

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::;!140 XIV. JOHN SKELTON.That isanother thyng.He is but an yonglyng, 345A stahvorth}- stryplyngThere is a whyspring and a whipling,He shulde be hyder broughtBut, and it were well sought,I trow all wyll be nought, 350Nat worth a shyttel-cocke,Nor worth a sowre calstocke.There goth many a lyeOf the Duke of Albany,That of shulde go his hede, 355And brought in quycke or dede.And allScotlande owersThe mountenaunce of two houres.But, as some men sayne,I drede of some false trayne 360Subtelly wrought shall beVnder a fayned treatee ;But within monethes threMen may happely seThe trechery and the prankes 365Of the Scottyshe bankes.What here ye of Burgonyons,And the Spainyardes onyons ?They haue slain our EnglisshmenAboue threscore and tenFor all your amyte,No better they agre.God saue my lorde admyrellWhat here ve of Mutrell ?.370There-with I dare nat mell. 375Yet what here ye tell

XIV. (a) why come ye NAT TO COURTE? I4IOf our graunde counsell ?Icoulde say some-what,But speke ye no more of that,For drede of the red hat380Take peper in the noseFor than thyne heed of goseOnes yet agayneOf you I wolde frayne,Why come ye nat to court \r—AltTo whyche court ?To the kynges courte,400Or to Hampton Court ?Nay, to the kynges courtThe kynges courteShulde haue the excellence ;But Hampton Court405Hath the preemynence.And Yorkes Place,With my lordes grace,To whose magnifycenceIs all the conflewence,410Sutys and supplycacyons,Embassades of all nacyons.Strawe for lawe canon ^,Or for the lawe common,Or for lawe cyuyll415It shall be as he wyllStop at law tancrete.An obstract ^ or a concrete ;^ 'conon' in Kele's ed. ;'canon' in others." So : for ' abstract.'

::;!140 XIV. JOHN SKELTON.That isano<strong>the</strong>r thyng.He is but an yonglyng, 345A stahvorth}- stryplyngThere is a whyspring and a whipling,He shulde be hyder broughtBut, and it were well sought,I trow all wyll be nought, 350Nat worth a shyttel-cocke,Nor worth a sowre cals<strong>to</strong>cke.There goth many a lyeOf <strong>the</strong> Duke <strong>of</strong> Albany,That <strong>of</strong> shulde go his hede, 355And brought in quycke or dede.And allScotlande owersThe mountenaunce <strong>of</strong> two houres.But, as some men sayne,I drede <strong>of</strong> some false trayne 360Subtelly wrought shall beVnder a fayned treatee ;But within mone<strong>the</strong>s threMen may happely seThe trechery and <strong>the</strong> prankes 365Of <strong>the</strong> Scottyshe bankes.What here ye <strong>of</strong> Burgonyons,And <strong>the</strong> Spainyardes onyons ?They haue slain our EnglisshmenAboue threscore and tenFor all your amyte,No better <strong>the</strong>y agre.God saue my lorde admyrellWhat here ve <strong>of</strong> Mutrell ?.370There-with I dare nat mell. 375Yet what here ye tell

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