Pithy pleasaunt and profitable workes of maister Skelton, Poete Laureate. Nowe collected and newly published. Anno 1568

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Pithy pleasaunt and profitable workes of maister Skelton, Poete Laureate. Nowe collected and newly published. Anno 1568
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Skelton, John, 1460?-1529.
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Imprinted at London :: In Fletestreate, neare vnto saint Dunstones churche by Thomas Marshe,
[1568]
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LO these fond sottes. And tratling scottes How they are blind. In their owne minde And will not know. Their ouerthrow At Branxston more. They are so srowre So frantike mad. They say they had And wan the felde. With speare and shield That is as trew. As blacke is blew And grene is gray. What euer they say Iemmy is dead. And closed in leade That was theyr own king. Fy on that winning
At Flodden hilles. Oure bowes our bylles Slewe all the floure. Of theyr honoure. Are not these scottes. Foles and settes Suche boste to make. To prate and crake To face to brace All voyde of grace So proud of hart. So ouerth wart So out of frame. So voyd of shame As it is enrold. Wrytten and told Within this quaire. Who list to repair And ther in reed. Shal finde in deed A mad rekening. Considering all thing That the scottes may sin. Fye on the winning
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