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The Poetical Works of John Skelton

principally according to the edition of the Rev. Alexander Dyce. In three volumes

Skelton, John (1460?-1529)

I.

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II.

A RYGHT DELECTABLE TRATYSE VPON A GOODLY GARLANDE OR CHAPELET OF LAURELL,

HERE AFTER FOLOWETH A LYTELL BOKE, WHICHE HATH TO NAME WHY COME YE NAT TO COURTE?

SKELTON, LAUREATE, &c

A LAWDE AND PRAYSE MADE FOR OUR SOUEREIGNE LORD THE KYNG.

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POEMS ATTRIBUTED TO SKELTON.

VERSES PRESENTED TO KING HENRY THE SEVENTH AT THE FEAST OF ST. GEORGE CELEBRATED AT WINDSOR IN THE THIRD YEAR OF HIS REIGN.

ELEGY ON KING HENRY THE SEVENTH.

THE MANER OF THE WORLD NOW A DAYES.

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[Lectoribus auctor recipit opusculi hujus auxesim.

Crescet in immensum me vivo pagina præsens;
Hinc mea dicetur Skeltonidis aurea fama.