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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¶ Dame Pallas to the quene of Fame

¶ To your request we be well condiscended Call forth, let se where is your clarionar To blowe a blaste with his longe breth extended Eolus your trumpet that knowen is so farre That bararag bloweth in euery marciall warre Let hym blowe nowe, that we may take a vewe What poetes we haue at our retynewe.
¶ To se if Skelton wyll put hymselfe in prease Amonge the thickest of all the hole route Make noise ynoughe, for claterars loue no peace Let se my syster, nowe spede you, go aboute Anone I say this trumpet were founde out And for no man hardely let hym spare To blowe bararag, tyll both his eien stare.
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