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
[1275] _coueytous and ambycyon_] MS. “_couetus ambyssyon_.”
[1276] _be_] MS. “_be_ bothe.”
[1277] _glum_] MS. seems to have “mume,” and omits the next line.
[1278] _Worsshepfully_] So MS. Eds. “Worship” and “Worshyp.”
[1279] _Churche_] MS. “chyrche.”
[1280] _good_] Not in MS.
[1281] _That counterfaytes, &c._] Kytson’s ed. “The _counterfaytes and_
painets.”
[1282] _them lyke_] MS. “they _lyke_.”
[1283] _losse_] Some eds. “lesse.”
[1284] _a peny nor of a crosse_] MS. “_peny nor of crosse_.”
[1285] _And_] Not in MS.
[1286] _to net_] So Marshe’s ed. and MS. Other eds. “_to_ the _net_.”
[1287] _royally_] MS. “ryally.”
[1288] _Stretchynge_] MS. “So recchyng.”
[1289] _aboute_] MS. “apon.”
[1290] _Fresshe_] MS. “As _fresshe_.”
[1291] _And howe_] MS. “_Howe_ god.”
[1292] _his_] MS. “a.”
[1293] _a lege de moy_] MS. “_a lege moy_.”
[1294] _And of_] So MS. Eds. “_And of_ his.”
[1295] _of_] Not in MS.
[1296] _Nowe_] So Marshe’s ed. Other eds. and MS. “How.”
[1297] _garlantes_] MS. “garlondes.”
[1298] _That_] MS. “This.”
[1299] _chambres_] So MS. (“chambyrs”). Eds. “chambre.”
[1300] _churches_] MS. “chyrchys.”
[1301] _Churche_] MS. “chyrche.”
[1302] _They rune agaynst_] MS. “The ron ayenste.”
[1303] _tellyng_] MS. “yellyng,” omitting the following line.
[1304] _Yet_] MS. “Thus.”
[1305] _quenes yellyng_] MS. “comyn _yellyng_.”
[1306] _man_] Not in MS.
[1307] _kyng_] So other eds. and MS. (with various spelling.) Kele’s ed.
“gyng.” See notes.
[1308] _and_] MS. “to.”
[1309] _verrey_] So MS. Not in eds. The following word in MS. “wyll.”
[1310] _And whan, &c._] This line not in MS.
[1311] _For I rede a_] Marshe’s ed. “_For I_ red _a_.” MS. “_I rede_ by.”
[1312] _Cum_] So MS. Eds. “_Sum_.”
[1313] _amicare_] Altered by the Editor of 1736 to “_dimicare_.” See
notes.
[1314] _pravare_] MS. “_grassari_.”
[1315] _Wherfore_] MS. “Therfor.”
[1316] _dothe reporte_] So MS. The words have dropt out from the eds.
[1317] _That_] MS. “How.”
[1318] _ye_] So Marshe’s ed. and MS. Other eds. “we.”
[1319] _Yet_] MS. “And _yet_.”
[1320] _so moche_] MS. “myche,” giving the two following lines thus,
“As they suppose and gesse
Ye play so at the chesse.”
[1321] _estate_] So other eds. and MS. Kele’s ed. “steate.”
[1322] _mell_] MS. “neyther _melle_.”
[1323] _take_] MS. “to _take_.”
[1324] _For_] MS. “More _for_.”
[1325] _of_] MS. “all _of_.”
[1326] _roste_] So MS. Eds. “rest.”
[1327] _Helas, &c._] MS. gives the line thus, “O alas _I say_ alas.”
[1328] _a_] Not in MS.
[1329] _not_] So other eds. and MS. Kele’s ed. “nat.”
[1330] _that_] MS. “yet.”
[1331] _herke_] MS. “harte.”
[1332] _at_] MS. “all.”
[1333] _And_] MS. “Or.”
[1334] _yet_] So MS. Not in eds.
[1335] _Nor to expresse_] MS. “Not _to_ prese.”
[1336] _person_] So other eds. Kele’s ed. “parson.” MS. “persone.”
[1337] _your consentatyon_] Marshe’s ed. “_your_ assentacion.” MS.
“george gascone.”
[1338] _to hym_] Not in MS.
[1339] _nor_] MS. “or.”
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