The Poetical Works of John Skelton principally according to the edition of the Rev. Alexander Dyce. In three volumes |
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The Quene of Fame to Dame Pallas.
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The Quene of Fame to Dame Pallas.
To make repungnaunce agayne that ye haue sayde,
Of very dwte it may not well accorde,
But your benynge sufferaunce for my discharge I laid,
For that I wolde not with you fall at discorde;
But yet I beseche your grace that good recorde
May be brought forth, suche as can be founde,
With laureat tryumphe why Skelton sholde be crownde;
Of very dwte it may not well accorde,
But your benynge sufferaunce for my discharge I laid,
For that I wolde not with you fall at discorde;
But yet I beseche your grace that good recorde
May be brought forth, suche as can be founde,
With laureat tryumphe why Skelton sholde be crownde;
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For elles it were to great a derogacyon
Vnto your palas, our noble courte of Fame,
That any man vnder supportacyon
Withoute deseruynge shulde haue the best game:
If he to the ample encrease of his name
Can lay any werkis that he hath compylyd,
I am contente that he be not exylide
Vnto your palas, our noble courte of Fame,
That any man vnder supportacyon
Withoute deseruynge shulde haue the best game:
If he to the ample encrease of his name
Can lay any werkis that he hath compylyd,
I am contente that he be not exylide
Frome the laureat senate by force of proscripcyon;
Or elles, ye know well, I can do no lesse
But I must bannysshe hym frome my iurydiccyon,
As he that aquentyth hym with ydilnes;
But if that he purpose to make a redresse,
What he hath done, let it be brought to syght;
Graunt my petycyon, I aske you but ryght.
Or elles, ye know well, I can do no lesse
But I must bannysshe hym frome my iurydiccyon,
As he that aquentyth hym with ydilnes;
But if that he purpose to make a redresse,
What he hath done, let it be brought to syght;
Graunt my petycyon, I aske you but ryght.
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