APPENDIX I. Merie Tales of Skelton, and Notices of Skelton from various sources liii APPENDIX II. List of Editions, &c. lxxxix APPENDIX III. Extracts from pieces which are written in, or which contain examples of, the metre called Skeltonical cv Of the death of the noble prince, Kynge Edwarde the Forth 1 _Poeta Skelton laureatus libellum suum metrice alloquitur_ 6 Vpon the doulourus dethe and muche lamentable chaunce of the most honorable Erle of Northumberlande 6 _Tetrastichon ad Magistrum Rukshaw_ 14 Agaynste a comely coystrowne, that curyowsly chawntyd, and curryshly cowntred, &c. 15 _Contra alium cantitantem et organisantem asinum_, &c. 17 Vppon a deedmans hed, that was sent to hym from an honorable jentyllwoman for a token, &c. 18 “Womanhod, wanton, ye want,” &c. 20 Dyuers Balettys and Dyties solacyous:— “My darlyng dere, my daysy floure,” &c. 22 “The auncient acquaintance, madam, betwen vs twayn,” &c. 23 “Knolege, aquayntance, resort, fauour with grace,” &c. 25 “_Cuncta licet cecidisse putas discrimina rerum_,” &c. 26 “Though ye suppose all jeperdys ar paste,” &c. 26 “Go, pytyous hart, rasyd with dedly wo,” &c. 27 Manerly Margery Mylk and Ale 28 The Bowge of Courte 30 Phyllyp Sparowe 51 The tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng 95 Poems against Garnesche 116 Against venemous tongues, &c. 132 How euery thing must haue a tyme 137 Prayer to the Father of Heauen 139 To the Seconde Parson 139 To the Holy Gooste 140 “Woffully araid,” &c. 141 “Now synge we, as we were wont,” &c. 144 “_I, liber, et propera, regem tu pronus adora_,” &c. 147 The maner of the world now a dayes 148 Ware the Hauke 155 _Epithaphe. A Deuoute Trentale for old John Clarke_, &c. 168 “_Diligo rustincum cum portant_,” &c. 174