Poetry

Musaicum Books presents to you this meticulously edited John Skelton collection.Content:Of the death of the noble prince, Kynge Edwarde the ForthPoeta Skelton laureatus libellum suum metrice alloquiturTetrastichon ad Magistrum RukshawThe Bowge of CourtePhyllyp SparoweThe tunnyng of Elynour RummyngPoems against GarnescheAgainst venemous tonguesHow euery thing must haue a tymePrayer to the Father of HeauenTo the Seconde ParsonTo the Holy Gooste"Woffully araid,""Now synge we, as we were wont,""I, liber, et propera, regem tu pronus adora,"The maner of the world now a dayesWare the HaukeEpithaphe. A Deuoute Trentale for old John Clarke"Diligo rustincum cum portant,"Lamentatio urbis NorvicenIn Bedel,"Hanc volo transcribas,""Igitur quia sunt qui mala cuncta fremunt,""Salve plus decies quam sunt momenta dierum,"Henrici Septimi EpitaphiumEulogium pro suorum temporum conditione, tantis principibus non indignumTetrastichon veritatisAgainst the ScottesVnto diuers people that remord this rymynge,Chorus de Dis contra ScottosChorus de Dis, &c. super triumphali victoria contra GallosVilitissimus Scotus Dundas allegat caudas contra AngligenasElegia in Margaretæ nuper comitissæ de Derby funebre ministeriumWhy were ye Calliope embrawdred with letters of golde?Cur tibi contexta est aurea Calliope?The Boke of Three FoolesA replycacion agaynst certayne yong scolers abiured of lateMagnyfycence, a goodly interlude and a meryColyn Cloute…Speke, ParrotWhy come ye nat to CourteHowe the douty Duke of Albany, lyke a cowarde knyght, ran awaye shamfully,Poems attributed to Skelton:Verses presented to King Henry the Seventh at the feast of St. GeorgeThe Epitaffe of the moste noble and valyaunt Jaspar late Duke of BeddefordeElegy on King Henry the SeventhVox populi, vox DeiThe Image of Ipocrysy…