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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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¶ Occupation to Skelton.

LYke as the larke vpon the somers daye Whā Titā radiāt burnisheth his bemes bright Mounteth on hye, with hir melodius laye Of the son shyne engladed with the lyght So am I supprised with pleasure and delyght To se this houre nowe, that I may saye Howe ye are welcome to this court of araye
Of your aqueyntaūce I was in tymes paste Of studious doctrine whan at the port salu Ye fyrst arryued, whan broken was your maste Of worldly trust, than dyd I you reskew Your storme dryuen shyp I repared newe So well entacled, what wynde so euer blow No stormy tempest your barge shall ouer throw

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Welcome to me as hertly as herte can thinke, Welcome to me with all my holle desyre And for mysake spare neyther pen nor ynke Be well assured I shall aquyte your hyre. Your name recoūtyng beyonde the land o Tire From Sydony to the mount Olympian From Babyll towre to the hils Caspian.
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