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 ryght delectable tratyse vpon a goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell
by mayster Skelton Poete laureat studyously dyuysed at Sheryfhotton
Castell. In yᵉ foreste of galtres, wher in ar cōprysyde many & dyuers
solacyons & ryght pregnant allectyues of syngular pleasure, as more at
large it doth apere in yᵉ proces folowynge._
Colophon,
_Here endith a ryght delectable tratyse vpon a goodly garlonde or
chapelet of laurell dyuysed by mayster Skelton Poete laureat_.
_Inpryntyd by me Rycharde faukes dwellydg_ [sic] _in durā rent or els in
Powlis chyrche yarde at the sygne of the A.B.C. The yere of our lorde god
.M.CCCCC.XXIII._ _The .iii. day of Octobre_, 4to.
On the title-page is a woodcut representing Skelton seated in his study,
and on the reverse of the title-page a woodcut (copied from a French
print—see _Memoir_, p. xlvii. note),—a whole-length figure of a man
holding a branch in one hand and a flower in the other,—having at top the
words “Skelton Poeta,” and at bottom the following verses;
_Eterno mansura die dum sidera fulgent_
_Equora dumq; tument hec laurea nostra virebit._
_Hinc nostrum celebre et nomē referetur ad astra_
_Vndiq; Skeltonis memorabitur altera donis [alter Adonis]._
On the reverse of A ii. are small woodcuts of “The quene of Fame” and
“Dame Pallas.” After the colophon is the device of the printer, “Richard
Fakes.”
* * * * *
_Magnyfycence, A goodly interlude and a mery deuysed and made by mayster
Skelton poet laureate late deceasyd._
Colophon,
_Cum priuilegio_.
folio, n. d., and without printer’s name.
In a note, vol. i. 225, I have (following Ritson and others) stated
positively that this ed. was “printed by Rastell:” I ought to have said,
that in all probability it was from Rastell’s press.
* * * * *
_Here after foloweth the boke of Phyllyp Sparowe compyled by mayster
Skelton Poete Laureate._
Colophon,
_Prynted at London at the poultry by Rychard Kele_.
12mo, n. d. On reverse of the last leaf is a woodcut representing Phyllyp
Sparowe’s tomb.
An edition by Kele, 4to, n. d., is mentioned in _Typogr. Antiq._ iv. 305,
ed. Dibdin: but qy.?
* * * * *
_Here after foloweth a litle booke of Phillyp Sparow, compiled by Mayster
Skeltō Poete Laureate._
Colophon,
_Imprynted at London in paules churche yerde by Robert Toy_.
12mo, n. d. On reverse of the last leaf is the same woodcut as in the ed.
last described.
* * * * *
_Here after foloweth a litle boke of Phillip sparow. Compyled by mayster
Skelton Poete Laureate._
Colophon,
_Imprinted at London in poules churchyard, at the sygne of the Sunne, by
Antony Kitson_.
Colophon in some copies,
_Imprinted at London in poules churchyard at the sygne of the Lamb, by
Abraham Weale_ [sic].
Colophon in some other copies,
_Imprinted at London in Foster-lane by Ihon Walley_.
12mo, n. d.
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