Thou murrionn, thow mawment, 170 Thou fals stynkyng serpent, Thou mokkyshe marmoset, I wyll nat dy in they[558] det. Tyburne thou me assynyd, Where thou xulddst haue bene shrynyd; The nexte halter ther xall be I bequeth yt hole to thé: Soche pelfry thou hast pachchyd, And so thy selfe houyr wachyd That ther thou xuldyst be rachchyd, 180 If thow war metely machchyd. Ye may wele be bedawyd, Ye ar a fole owtelauyd; And for to telle the gronde, Pay Stokys hys fyue pownd. I say, Syr Dalyrag, Ye bere yow bold and brag With othyr menys charge: Ye kyt your clothe to large: Soche pollyng paiaunttis ye pley, 190 To poynt yow fresche and gay. And he that scryblyd your scrolles, I rekyn yow in my rowllys, For ij dronken sowllys. Rede and lerne ye may, How olde proverbys say, That byrd ys nat honest That fylythe hys owne nest. Yf he wyst what sum wotte, The flesche bastyng of hys cote 200 Was sowyd with slendyr thre[de]: God sende you wele good spede, With _Dominus vobiscum_! Good Latyn for Jake a thrum, Tyll more matyr may cum. By the kynges most noble commaundment. [554] _My lyuyng to reprehende_] Added to MS. in a different hand. [555] _slvfferd_] Might perhaps be read “slooferd.” [556] A portion of MS. torn off here. [557] _Your_] Added to MS. in a different hand. [558] _they_] Compare v. 18 of the next poem. DONUM LAUREATI DISTICHON CONTRA GOLIARDUM GARNISHE ET SCRIBAM EJUS. _Tu, Garnishe, fatuus, fatuus tuus est mage scriba:_ _Qui sapuit puer, insanit vir, versus in hydram._ SKELTON LAUREATE DEFENDAR AGEINST LUSTY GARNYSHE WELL BESEEN CRYSTOFER CHALANGAR, ET CETERA. Garnyshe, gargone, gastly, gryme, I haue receyuyd your secunde ryme. Thowthe ye kan skylle of large and longe, Ye syng allway the kukkowe songe: Ye rayle, ye ryme, with, Hay, dog, hay! Your chorlyshe chauntyng ys all o lay. Ye, syr, rayle all in deformite: Ye haue nat red the properte Of naturys workys, how they be Myxte with sum incommodite, 10 [Sidenote: Observa prologum libri 2ⁱ in veteri Rhetorica Ciceronis. Incipit autem sc. g. Crotoniati[559] quondam cum florerent omnibus copiis, et cetera.]