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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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Pithy pleasaunt and profitable workes of maister Skelton, Poete Laureate. Nowe collected and newly published. Anno 1568
Author
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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"Pithy pleasaunt and profitable workes of maister Skelton, Poete Laureate. Nowe collected and newly published. Anno 1568." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A12291.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 14, 2024.

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¶Why were ye Calliope, embrawdred with letters of golde?

Skelton Laureate Orato. Reg. maketh this aunswere. &c.

CAlliope As ye may se Regent is she Of poetes al Whiche gaue to me The high degre Laureat to be. Of fame royall Whose name enrolde With silke and golde I dare be bolde Thus for to were Of her I holde And her housholde Though I waxe olde And somdele sere Yet is she fayne Uoyde of disdayn Me to retayne Her seruiture. With her certayne I wyll remayne As my souerayne Moost of pleasure. Maulgre touz malheureux.

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Latinum carmen sequitur. Cur tibi contexta est aurea Calliope? Responsio eiusdem vatis.
CAndida Calliope vatum regina, coronans Pierios lauro, radiante intexta sub auro, Hanc ego Pierius, tanto dignabor honore Dum mihi vita manet, dum spiritus hos regit artus Quamquam conficior senio marcesco{que} sensim Ipse tamen gestare sua haec pia pignora certo, Assensu{que} suo placidis parebo camenis Inclita Calliope & semper mea maxima cura est.
¶ Haec Pierius omni Spartane liberior.
CALLIOPE, Musarum excellentissima, speciosissima, formosissima, Heroic is preest versibus.
FINIS.
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