The Poetical Works of John Skelton, Volume 1 (of 2)Skelton, John
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The Poetical Works of John Skelton, Volume 1 (of 2)
Skelton, John
English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700
[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.
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