_Et in opere plusquam perfecto!_[1450] 1270 * * * * * _Colinus Cloutus,[1451] quanquam mea[1452] carmina multis_ _Sordescunt stultis,[1453] sed_ puevinate _sunt_ rare _cultis,_ Pue vinatis altisem _divino flamine flatis.[1454]_ _Unde meâ refert[1455] tanto minus, invida quamvis_ _Lingua nocere parat, quia, quanquam rustica canto,_ _Undique cantabor tamen et celebrabor ubique,_ _Inclita dum maneat gens Anglica. Laurus[1456] honoris,_ _Quondam regnorum regina et gloria regum,_ _Heu, modo marcescit, tabescit, languida torpet![1457]_ _Ah pudet, ah miseret! vetor hic ego pandere plura_ 10 _Pro gemitu et lacrimis: præstet peto præmia pæna._ [875] _Colyn Cloute_] From the ed. by Kele, n. d., collated with the ed. by Kytson, n. d., with Marshe’s ed. of Skelton’s _Workes_, 1568, and with a MS. in the Harleian Collection, 2252. fol. 147. [876] _consurget, &c._] Eds. “consurgat,” &c. MS. “resurgat ad _malignantes_.” [877] _for delyte_] MS. “_for_ to endyte.” [878] _for_] So Marshe’s ed. Other eds. and MS. “_for_ to.” [879] _despyte_] MS. “desyte.” [880] _maner_] MS. “_maner_ of.” [881] _to_] MS. “for _to_.” [882] _wyll reche_] MS. “wold reherse.” [883] _this, and_] MS. “thus, or.” [884] _He wotteth, &c._] MS. “And saythe _he_ wott not _whate_.” [885] _and_] Not in MS. [886] _and_] Not in MS. [887] _He chydes ... flatters_] MS.; “_He_ chydethe _he chaters_ _He_ praytythe _he patyrs_ _He_ cleteryth _he claters_ _He_ medelythe _he smaters_ _He_ glosythe _he fflaters_.” [888] _Or_] MS. (perhaps) “And.” [889] _On_] So MS. Not in eds. [890] _The deuell is dede_] Not in MS. [891] _well so_] MS. “_so well_.” [892] _worldly_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “wordly.” [893] _Fyckell ... vnstablenesse_] MS.; “And _fykyll falsenes_ And _varyabulnes_ _With_ vnstedfastnes.” [894] _ye_] MS. “they.” [895] _I_] MS. “And.” [896] _moughte_] Other eds. “moothe.” MS. “mothe.” [897] _If ye, &c._] MS. “And _yf_ thow _take well_ it _wythe_.”—The eds. give the line as in the text, except that they have “talke” instead of “_take_:” compare v. 186. [898] _spirituall_] MS. “spiritualte.” [899] _the_] Not in Marshe’s ed. [900] _blother_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “bloder.”—In MS. the line runs, “Thys _eche_ with _hothyr_ blen.” [901] _agayng_] Other eds. “against.” MS. “ayenste.” [902] _ben_] MS. “be.” [903] _no_] MS. “none.” [904] _theyr_] Not in MS. [905] _Vnethes_] MS. “Scantly.” [906] _amonges_] Other eds. and MS. “amonge.” [907] _theyr_] MS. “the.” [908] _theyr hole_] MS. “all _ther_.” [909] _the_] MS. “them a.” [910] _to_] Not in MS. [911] _lumber forth_] MS. “labor _forthe_ so in.” [912] _herken_] Marshe’s ed. “herke.” [913] _it_] MS. “all.” [914] _theyr prouynciall_] Eds. (with various spelling) “_theyr_ pryncypall.” MS. “_the prouynciall_:” compare v. 223. [915] _meddels_] MS. “medlythe.”