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¶ Skelton Laureate agaynst the Scottes. |
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¶Agaynst the prowde Scottys claterynge | |
That neuer wyll leue theyr tratlynge | |
Wan they the felde / and lost theyr kynge | |
They may well say / fye on that wynnynge | |
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5 | LO these fond sottes |
And tratlyng Skottys | |
How they are blynde | |
In theyr owne mynde | |
And wyll not know | |
10 | Theyr ouer-throw |
At branxton_more | |
They are so stowre | |
So frantyke mad | |
ref.ed: 116 | |
They say they had | |
15 | And wan the felde |
With spere and shelde | |
That is as trew | |
As blacke is blew | |
And grene is gray | |
20 | What-euer they say |
Iemmy is ded | |
And closyd in led | |
That was theyr owne kynge | |
Fy on that wynnyng | |
25 | ¶At Floddon hyllys |
Our bowys our byllys | |
Slew all the floure | |
Of theyr honoure | |
Are nat these scottys | |
30 | Folys and sottys |
Such boste to make | |
To prate and crake | |
To face to brace | |
All voyde of grace | |
35 | So prowde of hart |
So ouerthwart | |
So out of frame | |
So voyde of shame | |
As it is enrolde | |
40 | Wrytten and tolde |
With-in this quaire | |
Who lyst repayre lyst] lyst to K, D, M | |
And ther-in reed | |
Shall fynde in-deed | |
45 | A mad rekenynge |
Consydrynge all-thynge | |
That the scottys may synge synge] sin M | |
Fy on the wynnynge | |
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¶When the Scotte lyued. |
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IOly Iemmy / ye scornefull Scot | |
50 | Is it come vnto your lot |
A solempne sumner for to be | |
It greyth nought for your degre | |
ref.ed: 117 | |
Our Kynge of England for to syght syght] fight D, M, syght K | |
Yo[u]r souerayne lord / our prynce of myght | |
55 | Ye for to sende / suche a Cytacyon |
It shameth all your noughty nacyon | |
In comparyson / but kynge Koppynge | |
Vnto o[u]r prince / anoynted kyng | |
Ye play Hop_Lobbyn of Lowdean | |
60 | Ye shew ryght well / what good ye can |
Ye may be lorde of Locryan | |
Chryst [s]ence you with a fryinge-pan sence] fence L, K, sence D, M | |
Of Edynge_borrow / and saynt_Ionys_towne | |
A_dieu syr sumner / cast of your crowne. | |
¶When the Scot was slayne. |
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65 | CO[n]tynually I shall remember |
The mery moneth of september | |
With the xi. day of the same | |
For then began / our myrth and game | |
So that now I haue deuysed | |
70 | And in my mynde / I haue comprised |
Of the prowde Scot / kynge Iemmy | |
To write some lytell tragedy | |
For no maner consyderacyon | |
Of any sorowfull Lamentacyon | |
75 | But for the specyall consolacyon |
Of all our royall englysh nacyon | |
¶ Mel[p]omone / O muse tragedyall Melpomone] Melnomone L, K, D, M | |
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Vnto your grace / for grace now I call | |
To guyde my pen / and my pen to enbybe | |
80 | Illumyn me / your Poete and your S[c]rybe Scrybe] Ssrybe L |
That with myxture / of Aloes and bytter gall | |
I may compounde / confectures for A. cordyall | |
To angre the Scottes / and Irysh keterynges with-all | |
That late were discomfect / with battayle marcyall | |
85 | ¶ Thalya / my Muse / for you also call I |
To touche them with tauntes / of your armony | |
A medley to make / of myrth with sadnes | |
The hertes of England / to comfort with gladnes | |
And now to begyn / I wyll me adres | |
90 | To you rehersyng / the somme of my proces |
ref.ed: 118 | |
KInge Iamy / Iemmy / Iocky my Io Io] Ioye K, ioye D, M | |
Ye Summond our kyng / why dyd ye so Ye Summond] Summond K, D, M | |
To you / nothing it dyd accorde | |
To Summon our kyng / your soueraygne lorde | |
95 | A kyng a Sumner / it was great wonder |
Know ye not suger / and / salt a_sonder | |
Your Sumner to saucy / to malapert | |
Your harrold in armes / not yet halfe expert | |
Ye thought ye dyd / yet valyauntly | |
100 | Not worth thre skyppes of a Pye |
Syr skyr-galyard / ye were so skyt | |
Your wyll / than ran before your wyt. | |
Your lege ye layd / and your aly | |
Your frantyck fable / not worth a fly | |
105 | Frenche kyng / or one or other |
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Regardyd ye shuld / your lord / your brother ye] you D, M | |
Trowyd ye syr Iemy his nobull grace | |
From you syr scot / wolde turne his face | |
With gup syr scot / of Galaway | |
110 | Now is your pryde / fall to decay |
Male-vryd / was your fals entent | |
For to offend / your presydent | |
Your soueraygne lorde / most reuerent | |
Your lorde / your brother and your regent. | |
115 | ¶In him is fygured / Melchisedec |
And ye were disloyall Amalec | |
He is our noble Scipione | |
Anoynted kyng / and ye were none | |
Though ye vntruly / your father haue slayne | |
120 | His tytle is true / in Fraunce to raygne |
And ye proud scot / Dunde / Dunbar | |
Pardy ye were / his homager | |
And suter to his parlyament | |
For your vntruth / now ar ye shent | |
125 | Ye bare your-selfe / somwhat to bold |
Therfore ye lost / your copye-hold | |
Ye were bonde-tenent / to his estate | |
Lost is your game / ye are check-mate | |
¶Vnto the castell of Norram | |
130 | I vnderstand / to sone ye came |
ref.ed: 119 | |
At Branxton_more and Flodd[e]n hylles Branxton] Branxston L, K, D, M; Flodden] Floddrn L | |
Our Englysh bowes / our Englysh bylles | |
Agaynst you gaue / so sharpe a shower | |
That of Scotland / ye lost the flower | |
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135 | The white lyon there rampaunt of moode |
He ragyd and rent out your hart-bloode | |
He the white / and ye the red ye] you D, M | |
The white / there slew the red starke ded | |
Thus for your guerdon quyt ar ye | |
140 | Thankyd be god in Trinyte |
And swete saynt George our ladyes knygh[t] knyght] knyghe L | |
Youre eye is out / a_dew good nyght | |
¶Ye were starke mad to make a fray | |
His grace beyng out of the way | |
145 | But by the power and myght of god |
For youre owne tayle ye made a rod owne] D, M omit | |
Ye wantyd wyt / sir at a worde | |
Ye lost your spurrys / ye lost your sworde | |
Ye myght haue buskyd you to hu[n]tley_bankys | |
150 | Your pryde was peuysh to play such prankys |
Youre pouerte cowde not attayne | |
With our kyng royall / war to mayntayne | |
Of the kynge of Nauerne / ye might take heed | |
Vngraciously how he doth speed | |
155 | In double-delyng / so he dyd dreme In] An D, M, In K |
That he is kyng / without a reme | |
And for example / [y]e wold none take ye] he L, K, D, M | |
Experiens hath brought you / in such a brake | |
Your welth / your ioy / your sport / your play | |
160 | Your braggyng bost / your royall aray |
Your beard so brym / as bore at bay | |
Your seuen systers / that Gun so gay | |
All haue ye lost / and cast away. | |
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Thus fortune hath tourned you / I dare well say | |
165 | Now from a kyng / to a clot of clay |
Out of your Robes / ye were shaked your] K, D, M omit | |
And wretchedly ye lay / starke naked starke naked] starke your naked K, D, starke all naked M | |
For lacke of grace / hard was your hap | |
The Popes cur[se] gaue you that clap. curse] cures L, K, D, M | |
ref.ed: 120 | |
170 | ¶Of the out-Iles the rough-foted Scottes |
We haue well eased them of the bottes | |
The rude ranke Scottes / lyke dronken dranes | |
At Englysh bowes / haue fetched their banes | |
It is not syttyng / in tower and towne | |
175 | A Sumner / to were a kynges crowne |
Fortune on you / therfore dyd frowne | |
Ye were to hye / ye ar cast downe | |
Syr sumner now / where is your crowne | |
Cast of your crowne / cast vp your crowne | |
180 | Syr Sumner / now ye haue lost your crowne. |
Quod Skelton Laureate. Oratour to the Kynges most royall estate. |
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SCotia redacta in formam prouincie Scotia] Scotica L, K, D, M | |
Regis parebit nutibus anglie: | |
Alioquin (per desertum sin) super Cherubim | |
Cherubin / seraphim / seraphin-que ergo. etc. | |
¶Vnto dyuers people that remord [t]his this] his L, K, this D, M rymyng agaynst the scot Iemmy.
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I Am now constrayned | |
With wordes nothing fayned | |
This Inuectyue to make | |
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5 | That lyst for to iangyll |
And waywardly to wrangyll | |
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Agaynst this my makyng | |
Their males therat shakyng | |
At it reprehendyng | |
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Rebukyng and remordyng | |
And nothing accordyng. | |
Cause haue they [n]one other haue they] they haue D, M | |
But for that he was brother brother] hys brother D, M | |
15 | Brother vnnaturall |
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Agaynst whom he dyd fyght | |
Falsly agaynst all right | |
ref.ed: 121 | |
Lyke that vntrue rebell | |
20 | Fals Kayn agaynst Abell |
Who-so therat pyketh mood Who-so] But who-so D, M | |
The toke[n]s ar not good | |
To be true Englysh blood | |
For if they vnderstood | |
25 | His traytourly dispyght |
He was a recrayed knyght | |
A subtyll sysmatyke | |
Ryght nere an heretyke | |
Of grace out of the state | |
30 | And dyed excomunycate |
And for he was a kyng | |
The more shamefull rekenyng. | |
Of him shuld men report | |
In ernest and in sport | |
35 | He skantly loueth our kyng |
That grudgeth at this thing | |
That cast such ouerthwartes | |
Percase haue hollow hartes. | |
¶ Si veritatem dico / quare non creditis michi. |