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
_A Dialogue bothe pleasaunt and pietifull, wherein is a godlie regiment
against the Feuer Pestilence, with a consolation and comforte againste
death. Newlie corrected by William Bullein, the authour thereof._ 1573,
8vo. Of this piece I have seen only the above ed.: but it appeared
originally in 1564. It contains notices of several poets, introduced by
way of interlude or diversion in the midst of a serious dialogue; and (at
p. 17) Skelton is described as sitting “in the corner of a Piller, with
a frostie bitten face, frownyng,” and “writyng many a sharpe Disticons”
against Wolsey—
“How the Cardinall came of nought,
And his Prelacie solde and bought,” &c.
(15 verses chiefly made up from Skelton’s works).—_The Rewarde of
Wickednesse, discoursing the sundrye monstrous abuses of wicked and
vngodly Wordelings_, &c. _Newly compiled by Richard Robinson, seruaunt
in householde to the right honorable Earle of Shrewsbury_, &c. 4to, n.
d. (The Address to the Reader dated 1574), at sig. Q 2.—_A Discourse of
English Poetrie_, &c., _By William Webbe, Graduate_, 1586, 4to, at sig.
c iii.—_The Arte of English Poesie_, &c. (attributed to one Puttenham:
but see D’Israeli’s _Amen. of Lit._ ii. 278, sqq.), 1589, 4to, at pp.
48, 50, 69.—_Fovre Letters, and certaine Sonnets: Especially touching
Robert Greene_, &c. (by Gabriell Harvey), 1592, 4to, at p. 7.—_Pierces
Supererogation or a New Prayse of the Old Asse_, &c. [by] _Gabriell
Haruey_, 1593, 4to, at p. 75.—_Palladis Tamia. Wits Treasvry Being the
Second part of Wits Commonwealth. By Francis Meres_, &c., 1598, 12mo,
at p. 279.—_Virgidemiarvm. The three last Bookes. Of byting Satyres_
(by Joseph Hall), 1598, 12mo, at p. 83.—_The Downfall of Robert Earle
of Huntington, Afterward called Robin Hood of merrie Sherwodde_, &c.
(by Anthony Munday), 1601, 4to. In this play, which is supposed to
be a rehearsal previous to its performance before Henry the Eighth,
Skelton acts the part of Friar Tuck.—In _The Death of Robert, Earle
of Hvntington_, &c. (by Anthony Munday and Henry Chettle), 1601, 4to,
which forms a Second Part to the drama just described, Skelton, though
his name is not mentioned throughout it, is still supposed to act the
Friar.—_Miscellanea_, written out by “Joħnes Mauritius” between 1604
and 1605—_MS. Reg. 12. B._ v.—contains (at fol. 14), and attributes to
Skelton, a well-known indelicate _jeu d’esprit._—_Pimlyco, or Runne
Red-Cap._ _Tis a mad world at Hogsdon_, 1609, 4to. Besides a notice
of Skelton, this poem contains two long quotations from his _Elynour
Rummyng_.—_Cornv-copiæ. Pasquils Night-Cap: Or Antidot for the Head-ache_
(by Samuel Rowlands), 1612, 4to, at sig. O 2 and sig. Q 3. The second
notice of Skelton in this poem is as follows;
“And such a wondrous troupe the Hornpipe treads,
One cannot passe another for their heads,
That shortly we shall haue (_as Skelton iests_)
A greater sort of horned men than beasts:”
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