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
[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.”
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