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Lectoribus auctor rec[i]pitrecipit] recepit H opusculy huius auxesim | |||
Crescet immensem me viuo pagina presens | |||
Hinc mea dicetur Skeltonidis aurea [fa]ma fama] stima H | |||
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My Name ys parott a Byrde of paradyse Lucanus | |||
By nature devysed of a wonderowus kynde | |||
Deyntely dyetyd with dyvers delycate spyce'spyce' after cancelled 'metes' | |||
Tyll Evfrates that flodde dryvythe me in-to ynde Tigris et Eufrates vno se fonte resolunt | |||
5 | Where men of þat contre by fortune me fynde | ||
And send me to [greate ladyes] of estate greate ladyes] grece to lordes H, greate ladyes L | |||
Then Parot moste haue an almon or a date | |||
A cage curyowsly carven with syluer pynne | |||
Properly payntyd to be my couerture | |||
10 | A myrrour of glasse that I may tote þerin | ||
These maydens full meryly with many [a] dyuers flowur a] H omits, a L | |||
Fresshely they dresse and make swete my Bowur | |||
Wt speke parott I pray yow full curteslye they sey | |||
Parrett ys a goodlye byrde and a pratye popagay and] L, K, D, M omit Topographia quam habet hec auicula in deliciis | |||
15 | Wythe my Beke bente. And my lytell wanton Iye and] L, K, D, M omit | ||
My fethyrs fresshe as ys the emerawde grene | |||
A_bowte my necke a cerculett lyke the Ryche Rubye | |||
My lytyll legges my fete bothe fete and clene | |||
I am a mynyon to wayte a_pon a quene a quene] the quene L, K, D, M | |||
20 | My propyr parott my lytell pratye fole | ||
Wt ladyes I lerne and goe with them to scole delectatur in factura sua tamen res est forma fugax | |||
Heghe. ha. ha. parott ye can lawghe pratylye | |||
Parott hathe not dyned of all þis long day | |||
Lyke owur pus-catt parott can mewte and crye owur] your L, K, D, M | |||
25 | Yn latyn in Ebrue and in caldee and in] Araby and L, K, D, M | ||
In greke tong parott can bothe speke and sey | |||
As p[er]cius þat poete doþe reporte of me percius] precius H | |||
Quis exped[ui]t psitaco suum Chyre expeduit] expediunt H, expediuit L, K, D, M psitacus a vobis aliorum nomina disco hoc per me didici dictorem cesar aue | |||
Dowche frenshe of paris parot can lerne | |||
30 | Pronownsyng my purpose after my properte | ||
Wt parlez byen parott ew parles ryen docibilem se pandit in omni Idiomate | |||
Wt dowche with spaynyshe my tonge can agree | |||
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In englysshe to god parott can [supple] supple] shewe propyrlye H, supple L, K, D, M | |||
Cryste saue kyng herry the viijth owur Royall kyng | |||
35 | The Red Rose in honour to flowrysshe and sprynge policronitudo Basileos | ||
Wt kateryne in_comporabyll owur Royall quene also | |||
That pereles pomegarnat cryste saue hyr nobyll grace katerina vniversalis vicii ruina grecum est | |||
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Parott saves habeler castylyano | |||
Wt fidasso de cosso in turke and in trace fidasso de cosso .i habeto fidem in temet ipso | |||
40 | Vis consilii [expers] as techythe me orace expers] H omits, expers L, K, D, M | ||
Mole Ruit sua whose dictes ar pregnaunte autoritate in_consultam Taxat hic lege Flatcum et obserua plantatum diabolum | |||
Souentez foyz parot en sovenaunte Souentez] Souentem H, Souentez L | |||
My lady mastres dame phylology mastres] maystres L, maysters K, D, maisters M | |||
Gaue me a gyfte in my neste when [I] lay I] he H, I L, K, D, M | |||
45 | To lerne all langage and hyt to speke aptlye sepenumero hec pensitans psitacus Ego ponsio | ||
Now pandes m[o]ry wax Frantycke som m[en] sey mory] mery H, mory L, K, D, M; men] mad H, men L, K, D, M | |||
Phronessys for frenessys may not hold her way | |||
An almon now for parott delycatelye dreste | |||
In Salue festa dyes to_to ys the Beste ys the] theyr doth L, K, D, their doth M aphrosmo quia paronomasia certe ineprehensibilis | |||
50 | Moderata Iuuant but to_to dothe exede | ||
Dyscrecion ys modyr of nobyll vertues all | |||
Myden agan'gan' over cancelled 'gayne' in grekys tonge we Rede apcius hic loquitur animus quam lingua | |||
But Reason and wytte wantythe theyr provynciall | |||
When wylfulnes ys vicar-generall notum addagima et exasperans | |||
55 | Hec Res acu tangitur parrott par ma foye | ||
Tycez vous parrott tenes vous coye | |||
Besy. besy. besy. and Besynes agayne L is copytext for lines 58-224 | |||
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Que pensez voz Parrot / what meneth this besynes | |||
Vitulus in Oreb / troubled Arons brayne | |||
60 | Melchisedeck mercyfull / made Moloc mercyles | ||
To wyse is no vertue / to medlyng to restles | |||
In mesure is tresure / cum sensu maturato | |||
Ne tropo sanno / ne tropo mato. | |||
Aram was fyred / with Caldies fyer called Ur | |||
65 | Iobab was brought vp / in the lande of Hus Iobab] Iob D, M | ||
The lynage of Lot / toke supporte of Assur | |||
Iereboseth is Ebrue / who lyst the cause dyscus cause] law D, M | |||
Peace Parrot ye prate / as ye were ebrius | |||
Howst the lyuer god / van hemrik ic seg | |||
70 | In popering grew peres / whan Parrot was an eg | ||
What is this to purpose / ouer in a whynnymeg | |||
Hop_Lobyn of Lowdeon / wald haue e byt of bred | |||
The Iebet of Baldock / was made for Iack_Leg | |||
A narrow vnfethered and witho[u]t an hed | |||
75 | A Bag[pyp]e without blowynge / standeth in no sted Bagpype] Bagbyte L, K, bagpipe D, bagpype M | ||
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Some run to far before / some run to far behynde | |||
Some be to churlysshe / and some be to kynde. | |||
¶Ic dien / serueth for the Exstrych fether the] K, D, M omit | |||
Ic dien / is the language of the land of Beme | |||
80 | In Affryc tongue / Byrsa is a thonge of lether | ||
In Palestina / there is Ierusalem | |||
Collustrum now for parot / whyte bred and swete creme | |||
Our thomasen she doth trip / our ienet she doth shayle | |||
Parrot hath a blacke beard / and a fayre grene tayle. | |||
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85 | Moryshe myne owne shelfe / the costermonger sayth | ||
Fate / fate / fate / ye Irysh water-lag | |||
In flattryng fables / men fynde but lyttyl fayth | |||
But moueatur terra / let the world wag | |||
Let syr wrig_wrag / wrastell with syr delarag | |||
90 | Euery man / after his maner of wayes | ||
Pawbe une aruer / so the welche-man sayes | |||
¶Suche shredis of sentence / strowed in the shop | |||
Of auncyent Aristippus / and such other mo | |||
I gader to_gyther / and close in my crop | |||
95 | Of my wanton conseyt / vnde d[e]promo depromo] do promo L, K, D, M | ||
Dilemata docta / in pedagogio | |||
Sacro vatum / where-of to you I breke | |||
I pray you / let parot haue lyberte to speke | |||
¶But ware the cat parot / ware the fals cat | |||
100 | With who is there / a mayd / nay nay / I trow | ||
Ware ryat parrot / ware ryot / ware that | |||
Mete / mete / for parrot / mete I say how | |||
Thus dy[u]ers of language / by lernyng I grow | |||
With bas me swete parrot / bas me swete swete | |||
105 | To dwell amonge ladyes / parrot is mete | ||
¶Parrot / parrot / parrot / praty popigay | |||
With my beke I can pyke / my lyttel praty too | |||
My delyght is solas / pleasure / dysporte and pley | |||
Lyke a wanton whan I wyll / I rele to and froo | |||
110 | Parot ca[n] say / Ceser / aue / also | ||
But parrot / hath no fauour to Esebon | |||
Aboue all other byrdis / set parrot alone | |||
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¶Ulula / Esebon / for Ieromy doth wepe | |||
Sion is in sadnes / Rachell ruly doth loke | |||
115 | Madionita / Ietro / our moyses kepyth his shepe | ||
Gedeon is gon / that zalmane vndertoke | |||
Oreb et Zeb / of Iudicum rede the boke | |||
Now Geball / Amon and Amaloch / harke / harke | |||
Parrot pretendith / to be a bybyll-clarke | |||
120 | ¶O Esebon Esebon / to the is cum agayne | ||
Seon the regent amorreorum | |||
And Og that fat hog / of basan doth retayne of] or K, D, M | |||
The crafty coistronus cana[n]eor[u]m | |||
And assilum / whilom / refugium miseror[u]m | |||
125 | Non phanum sed prophanum / standyth in lyttyll sted | ||
Ulula Esebon / for Iepte / is starke ded | |||
¶Esebon / Marybon / wheston / next Barnet | |||
A trym_tram for an horse-myll it were a nyse thyng | |||
Deyntes for dammoysels / Chaffer far-fet | |||
130 | Bo_ho doth bark wel but hough_ho he rulyth the ring | ||
From scarpary to tartary renoun therin doth spryng | |||
With he sayd and we said ich wot now what ich wot | |||
Quod magnus est dominus Iudas_scarioth | |||
¶Tholomye / and haly were cunny[n]g and wyse | |||
135 | In the vol_vell in the quadrant and in the astroloby | ||
To pronostycate truly the chaunce of fortunys dyse | |||
Som trete of theyr tirykis / som of astrology | |||
Som pseudo-propheta with Ciromancy | |||
Yf fortune be fre[n]dly / and grace be the guyde | |||
140 | Honowre with renowne / wyll ren o[n] that syde on] of K, D, M | ||
Monon Calon | |||
Agaton quod parato | |||
In greco line set to right of previous two lines with a brace | |||
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¶Let parrot I pray you / haue ly[b]erte to prate lyberte] lyerte L | |||
For aurea lyngua greca / ought to be magnyfyed | |||
Yf it were cond perfytely / and after the rate | |||
As lyngua latina / in scole-matter occupyed | |||
145 | But our grekis / theyr greke so well haue applyed | ||
That they cannot say in greke / rydynge by the way | |||
How hosteler / fetche my hors a botell of hay | |||
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¶Neyther frame a silogisme / in phrisesomorum | |||
Formaliter et grece / cum medio termino | |||
150 | Our Grekys ye walow / in the washbol argolycorum | ||
For though ye can tell in greke what is phormio | |||
Yet ye seke out your greke / in Capricornio | |||
For [ye] scrape out good scrypture / and set in a gall ye] they L, K, D, M | |||
Ye go about to amende / and ye mare all | |||
155 | ¶Some argue / secundum quid ad simpliciter | ||
And yet he wolde be rekenyd / pro ariopagita | |||
And some make distinctions / multipliciter | |||
Whether ita were before non / or [n]o[n] before ita | |||
Nether wise nor wel lernid but like herm[a]phradita hermaphradita] hermophradita L, K, D, M | |||
160 | Set sophia asyde / for euery iack_raker | ||
And euery mad medler must now be a maker | |||
I[n] achademia Parrot / dare no probleme kepe | |||
For greci fari / so occupyeth the chayre | |||
That latinum fari / may fall to rest and slepe | |||
165 | And silogisari / was drowned at sturbrydge fayre | ||
Tryuyals / and quatryuyals / so sore now they appayre | |||
That Parrot the Popagay / hath pytye to beholde the] that D, M | |||
How the rest of good lernyng / is roufled vp and trold roufled] roulled D, M | |||
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¶Albertus / de modo significandi | |||
170 | And Donatus / be dryuen out of scole | ||
Prisians hed broken / now handy_dandy | |||
And inter didascolos / is rekened for a fole | |||
Alexander / a gander of Menanders pole | |||
With da causales / is cast out of the gate | |||
175 | And da racionales / dare not shew his pate. | ||
Plaut[us] in his comedies / a chyld shall now reherse Plautus] Plautsi L, K, D, M | |||
And medyll with Quintylyan / in his decla[m]acyons declamacyons] declaracyons L, declaracions K, declarations D, M | |||
That pety Caton / can scantly construe a verse | |||
With Aueto / in Greco / and such solempne salutacyons | |||
180 | Can skantly the te[n]sis / of his [c]oniugacyo[n]s coniugacyons] eoniugacyons L | ||
Settyng theyr myndys / so moche of eloquens | |||
That of theyr scole-maters / lost is the hole sentens | |||
Now a nutmeg / a nutmeg / cum gariopholo | |||
For parrot to pyke vpon / his brayne for to stable | |||
185 | Swete synamum styckis / and pleris cum m[u]sco | ||
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In Paradyce / that place of pleasure perdurable | |||
The progeny of parrottis / were fayre and fauorable | |||
Nowe in valle ebron / parrot is fayne to fede | |||
Cristecrosse / and saynt Nycholas / parrot be your good spede | |||
190 | The myrrour that I tote in / quasi diaphonum | ||
Uel quasi speculum / in Enigmate | |||
Elen[cti]cum / or ells / E[nth]imematicum Elencticum] Elencum L, K, D, M; Enthimematicum] Emtimematicum L, K, Emtimaticum D, M | |||
For logicions to loke on / somwhat sophistice | |||
Retoricyons and oratours / in freshe humanyte | |||
195 | Support parrot / I pray you with your suffrage ornate | ||
Of confuse tantum / auoydynge the chekmate | |||
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¶But of that supposicyon / that callyd is arte | |||
Confuse distr[y]b[u]tyue / as Parrot hath deuysed distrybutyue] distrubytyue L | |||
Let euery man / after his merit / take his parte | |||
200 | For in this processe / Parrot nothing hath s[u]rmysed | ||
No matter pretendyd / nor nothyng enterprysed | |||
But that metaphora / alegoria with-all | |||
Shall be his protectyon / his pauys and his wall | |||
For parot is no churlish Chowgh / nor no flekyd pye | |||
205 | Parrot is no pendugum / that men call a carlyng | ||
Parrot is no woodecocke / nor no butterfly | |||
Parrot is no stameryng stare / that men call a starlyng | |||
But Parot is my owne dere harte / and my dere derling my dere] my D, M | |||
Melpomene that fayre mayde / she burneshed his beke | |||
210 | I pray you let Parrot / haue lyberte to speke | ||
Parrot / is a fayre byrd for a lady | |||
God of his goodnes / him framed and wrought | |||
When Parrot is ded / [he] dothe not putrefy he] she L, K, D, M | |||
Ye all-thyng mortall shall torne vnto nought | |||
215 | Except mannes soule / that Chryst so dere bought | ||
That neuer may dye / nor neuer dye shall | |||
Make moche of parrot / the popegay ryall the] that K, D, M | |||
¶For that pereles prynce / that parrot dyd create | |||
He made you of nothynge / by his magistye | |||
220 | Poynt well this probleme / that parrot doth prate | ||
And remembre amonge / how parrot and ye | |||
Shall lepe from this lyfe / as mery as we be | |||
Pompe / pryde / honour / ryches and worldly lust | |||
Parrot sayth playnly / shall tourne all to d[u]st H is copytext for lines 225-end | |||
ref.ed: 237 | |||
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225 | Thus parott dothe pray yow with herte moste ten[d]yr tendyr] tentyr H | ||
To Rekyn with thys Recule [now] and hyt to Remembyr now] H omits, now L, K, nowe D, M | |||
Psitacius Ecce cano nec sunt mea carmina pheb[o] phebo] phebe H | |||
Digna scio tamen est plena camena deo | |||
Secondum Skeltonida famigeratum | |||
230 | In periorum [ca]thalogo Numeratum cathalago] Thalago H, Cathalago L, K, D, M | ||
Itaque consolamyni [inuicem]inuicem] H omits, inuicem L, K, D, M in verbis isti[s .etc.]istis .etc.] istibus H, istis .etc. L, K, istis D, M | |||
Candidi lectores callide callete Vestrum fouetefouete] seuete, D, M; .etc.] D, M omit / psitacum .etc. added in L, K, D, M | |||
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Galathea
Hic occurrat memorie
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Speke parotte I pray yow for maryes saake | |||
Whate mone he made when pamphylus loste hys make | |||
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My propir besse | |||
My praty besse | |||
235 | Turne ons agayne to me In ista cantelena ore stilla plena abiectis frangibulis | ||
For slepyste þu besse | |||
Or wakeste thow besse | |||
Myne herte hyt ys with the et eperit | |||
My deysy delectabyll | |||
240 | My prymerose commendabyll | ||
My vyolet amyabyll | |||
My ioye in_explicabill quit queritis tot capita tot census | |||
Nowe torne agayne to me | |||
I wylbe ferme and stabyll | |||
245 | And to yow seruyceabyll | ||
And also prophytabyll | |||
Yf ye be agreabyll | |||
My propyr Besse line added right margin | |||
To turne a_gayne to me | |||
250 | Alas I am dysdayned | ||
And as a man halfe-maymed | |||
My harte is so sore payned | |||
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I pray the besse vnfayned | |||
Yet com a_gayne to me maro / malo me galathea petit lascima puella Et fugit ad salices et cetera | |||
255 | Be loue I am constreyned | ||
To be with yow Retayned | |||
Hyt wyll not be Refrayned | |||
I pray yow be Reclaymed | |||
My propyr Besse line added right margin | |||
260 | And torne agayne to me | ||
Qu[o]d parot thy popagay Royall Quod] Quid H | |||
Marcialis cecinit carmen fit michi scutum | |||
Est michi lasciua pagina vita proba | |||
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Now kusse me parot kus me kus kus | |||
Goddes blissyng lyght on thy lytyll swete mvsse | |||
265 | Vita et anima [Zoe ke psiche] Zoe ke psiche] zoell zepsiche H, zoelzepsiche L, K, D, M | ||
Concumb[unt] grece non est hic sermo pudicus
Concumbunt] concumbince H, Concumbunt L, Concubunt K, D, M |
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[Ergo] Ergo] H omits, Ergo L, K, D, M | |||
Attica d[ic]tamina sunt plumbi lamina dictamina] dutamina H, dictamina L, K, D, M | |||
Ve[l] spurea vitulamina a_vertat hec vrania Vel] Ve H, Vel L, K, D, M Sua consequencia magni Estimatur mementi attica sane eloquencia | |||
Amen | |||
Amen amen | |||
Amen amen | |||
270 | And sette [to] a d to] H omits, to L, K, D, M | ||
And then hyt ys amend | |||
Owur new-founde a.b.c. cum ceteris paribus | |||
Candidi lectores calide call[et]e callete] callige H Vestrum fouete psitacum | |||
Lenuoy primere |
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Go litell quayre namyd the popagay | |||
Home to Resorte Ierobesethe perswade | |||
275 | For the cliffes of scaloppe they Rore wellaway | ||
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And the Sandes of [C]efas begyn to waste and fade Cefas] Tefas H | |||
For Replicacion Restles þat he of late þer made | |||
Now neptune and Eolus ar agreed of lyclyhod | |||
For tytus at dover abydythe in the Rode | |||
280 | Lucina she wadythe among the watry floddes | ||
And the cokkes begyn to crowe agayne the day | |||
Le tonsan de Iason is lodgid among the shrowdes | |||
Of argus Revengyd Recover when he may | |||
Lyacon of libyk and lydy hathe cawghte hys pray | |||
285 | Goe lytyll quayre pray them þat yow be_holde | ||
In there remembraunce ye may be Inrolde | |||
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Yet some folys say ye arre furnysshyd with knakkes say ye] say that ye H | |||
That hang to_gedyr as fethyrs in the wynde | |||
But lewdlye ar they lettyrd þat your lernyng lackys | |||
290 | Barkyng and whyning lyke churlysshe currys of kynde | ||
For whoo lokythe wyselye in your warkys may fynde | |||
Muche frutefull mater. But now for your defence | |||
Agayne all remordes arme yow with paciens | |||
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Ipse sagax eque ceu verax nuncius ito | |||
295 | Merda puros mal desires | ||
Penultimo die octobris / 33o | |||
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Passe forthe parotte towardes some passengere | |||
Require hym to convey yow ovyr the salte fome | |||
Addressyng your-selfe lyke a sadde messengere | |||
To owur soleyne seigneour Sadoke desire hym to cum home | |||
300 | Makyng hys pylgrimage by nostre_dame_de_crome | ||
For Ierico and Ierssey shall mete to_gethyr as sone | |||
As he to exployte the man owte of þe mone | |||
Wt porpose and graundepose he may fede hym fatte | |||
Thowghe he pampyr not hys paunche with þe grete seall | |||
305 | We haue longyd and lokyd long-tyme for that | ||
Whyche cawsythe pore suters haue many a hongry mele | |||
As presydent and Regente he Rulythe every-deall | |||
Now pas furthe good parott owur lorde be your s[t]ede stede] spede H | |||
In þs your Iourney to prospere and spede | |||
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310 | And thowe sum dysdayne yow and sey how ye prate | ||
And howe your poemys arre Barayne of polyshed Eloquens | |||
There is none þat your name woll abbrogate | |||
Then nodypollys and gramatolys of smalle Intellygens | |||
To Rude ys there reason to reche to your 'your' over cancelled 'there' sentence | |||
315 | Suche malyncoly mastyvys and mangye curre dogges | ||
Ar mete for a swyne-herde to hunte after hogges | |||
Monosticon |
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Psita[ce] perge volans fatuorum tela retundas Psitace perge] psitago perage H | |||
Merda puros / mall desers | |||
Portugues. / In diebus nouembris 34'34': '4' added after cancelled '3' | |||
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Prepayre yow parrot breuely your passage to take | |||
320 | Of mercury vndyr the trynall aspecte | ||
And sadlye salute owur solen syre sydrake | |||
And shewe hym þat all the world dothe coniecte | |||
How the maters he mellis in com to small effecte | |||
For he wantythe of hys wyttes þat all wold Rule alone | |||
325 | Hyt ys no lytyll Bordon to bere a grete mylle-stone | ||
To Bryng all the see in-to a cheryston-pytte | |||
To nombyr all the sterrys in the fyrmament | |||
To Rule ix realmes by one mannes wytte | |||
To suche thynges ympossybyll Reason cannot consente | |||
330 | Muche money men sey there madly he hathe spente | ||
Parott ye may prate thys vndyr protestacion | |||
Was neuyr suche a senatour syn crystes Incarnacion | |||
Wherfor he may now come a_gayne as he wente | |||
Non sine postica sanna as I trowe | |||
335 | From calys to dovyr to caunterbury in kente | ||
To make Reconyng in the Resseyte how Robyn loste hys bowe | |||
To sowe corne in the see-sande þer wyll no crope growe | |||
Thow ye be tauntyd parotte with tonges attayntyd | |||
Yet your problemes ar preignaunte and with loyalte acquayntyd | |||
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340 | I properans parrot[e] malas sic coripe linguas parrote] parrot H | ||
M[e]rda puros mall desires merda] morda H | |||
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Dysticon miserabill |
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Altior heu cedro crudelior heu leopardo 'alcior' added above blotted 'Altior' | |||
Heu vitulus bubali fit dominus priami | |||
Tetrasticon
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Non annis licet et priamus sed honore voceris | |||
345 | Dum foueas vitulum Rex Regeris britonum | ||
Rex Regeris non ipse Regis Rex inclit[e] calle inclite] inclita H | |||
Subde tibi vitulum ne fatuet nimium | |||
God amend all | |||
That all amend may | |||
350 | Amen quod parott | ||
The Royall popagay | |||
Kalend[is]kalendis] kalend H decembris 34 | |||
Lenvoy Royall |
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Go propyr parotte my popagay | |||
That lordes and ladies thys pamflett may behold | |||
Wt notable clerkes supply to them I pray | |||
355 | Your Rudenes to pardon and also þat they wolde | ||
Vouchesafe to defend yow agayne the Brawlyng scolde | |||
Callyd detraxion Encankryd with envye | |||
Whose tong ys attayntyd with slaundrys obliqui | |||
For trowthe in parabyll ye wantonlye pronounce | |||
360 | Langagys diuers yet vndyr þat dothe Reste | ||
Maters more precious then'then' added above line the Ryche Iacounce | |||
Diamounde or Rubye or balas of the beste | |||
Or Eyndye sapher with oryente p[er]lys dreste perlys] prelys H | |||
Wherfor your remord[ers] ar madde or else starke blynde remorders] remordes H | |||
365 | Yow to remorde erste or they know your mynde | ||
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folio: 137v | |||
I v[olit]ans parrotte tuam moderare minervam volitans] vtilans H | |||
Vix tua percipient qui tua teque legent | |||
Hy[[p]erbato[n] hyperbaton] hyberbato H
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Psitacus h[eu] notus seu perciu[s] est puto notus heu] hi H; percius] perciuus H | |||
ref.ed: 242 | |||
Nec reor est nec erit licet est erit [undique notus] undique notus] H omits | |||
370 | Maledite soyte bouche malheurewse | ||
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O my parrot. o vnice dilecte votorum meorum omnis lapis lapis preciosus oper[i]mentum operimentum] opermentum H tuum | |||
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Sicut aron populumque | |||
Sic bubali vitulus | |||
Sic bubali vitulus | |||
Sic bubali vitulus | |||
375 | Thus myche parott hathe opynlye expreste | ||
Let se who dare make vp the Reste | |||
Le popagay sen va complayndr[e] complayndre] complayndra H
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Helas I lamente the dull abusyd brayne | |||
The enfatuate fantasies the wytles wylfulnes | |||
Of on and hothyr at me that haue dysdayne | |||
380 | Som sey they cannot my parables expresse | ||
Som sey I Rayle att Ryott Recheles | |||
Some say but lityll and thynke more in there thowghte | |||
How thys prosses I prate of. hyt ys not all for nowghte | |||
folio: 138 | |||
O causeles cowardes o hartles hardynes | |||
385 | O manles manhod enfayntyd all with fere | ||
O connyng clergye. where ys your Redynes | |||
To practise or postyll thys prosses here and there | |||
For drede ye darre not medyll with suche gere | |||
Or elles ye pynche curtesy trulye as I trowe | |||
390 | Whyche of yow fyrste dare boldlye plucke the crowe | ||
The Skye is clowdy. the coste is nothyng clere | |||
Tytan hathe truste vp hys tressys of fyne golde | |||
Iupyter for Saturne darre make no Royall chere | |||
Lyacon lawghyth there-att and berythe hym more bolde | |||
395 | Racell Rulye ragged she is like to cache colde | ||
ref.ed: 243 | |||
Moloc that mawmett. there darre no man with_say | |||
The Reste of suche Reconyng may make a fowle fraye | |||
Dixit qd parrott the Royall popagay Cest chose maleheurese que mall bouche | |||
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Iupiter. vt nit[i]do deu[s] est veneratus olimpo nitido] nitudo H; deus] deuus H | |||
400 | Hic coliturque deu[s] deus] deuus H | ||
Sunt data thura Ioui 'Ioui' after cancelled 'capit' rutilo solio residenti | |||
C[u]m'com' after cancelled 'Iupiter' Ioue thura capit cum] com H | |||
Iupiter astrorum rector dominusque [pol]orum polorum] populorum H | |||
Anglica sceptra regit | |||
Galathea |
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405 | I compas the conveyaunce vnto the capitall | ||
Of owur clerke cleros. whythyr thydyr. and why not hethyr | |||
For passe_a_pase apase ys gone to cache a molle | |||
Over scarpary mala vy monsyre cy_and_sliddyr | |||
Whate sequele shall folow when pendugims mete to_gethyr | |||
410 | Speke parotte my swete byrde. and ye shall haue a date | ||
Of frantycknes and folysshnes whyche ys the grett state | |||
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Difficille hit ys to ansswere thys demaunde | |||
folio: 138v | |||
Yet aftyr the sagacite of a popagay | |||
Frantiknes dothe Rule and all-thyng commaunde | |||
415 | Wylfulnes and braynles. no[w] Rule all the Raye now] no H | ||
Agayne Frentike_frenesy. There dar no man sey nay | |||
For Frantiknes and wylfulnes and Braynles ensembyll | |||
The nebbis of a lyon. they make to trete and trembyll | |||
To Iumbyll to Stombyll to tumbyll down lyke folys | |||
420 | To lowre to droupe to knele to stowpe and to play cowche-quale | ||
To fysshe afore the nette and to drawe polys | |||
He make them to bere Babylles and to bere a lowe sayle | |||
He caryeth a kyng in hys sleve. yf all the worlde fayle | |||
He facithe owte at a Flusshe. with shewe take all | |||
425 | Of pope Iulius. cardys. he ys chefe cardynall | ||
ref.ed: 244 | |||
He tryhumfythe he trumpythe he turnythe all vp and downe turnythe] turnynthe H | |||
Wt skyre-galyard prowde palyard vaunte-parler ye prate | |||
Hys woluys-hede wanne bloo as lede gapythe over the crowne | |||
Hyt ys to fere. leste he wolde were the garland on hys pate | |||
430 | Paregall with all prynces. farre passyng hys Estate | ||
For of owur regente the Regiment he hathe ex qua vi | |||
Patet per versus qd Ex vi bolte harvi | |||
Now galathea lett parrot I pray yow haue hys date | |||
Yett dates now ar deynte and wax verye scante | |||
435 | For grocers were grugyd at and groynyd at but late | ||
Grete reysons with resons be now reprobitante | |||
For Reysons ar no resons. but resons currant | |||
Ryn god Rynne devyll. Yet the date of owur lord | |||
And the date of the devyll dothe Shurewlye accord | |||
440 | Dixit qd parrott the popagay Royall | ||
Galathea 'Galathea' above cancelled word, probably 'parrotte'
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Nowe parott my swete byrde speke owte yet'yet' added above line'So many many' cancelled above line ons agayn 'So many many' cancelled above line | |||
Sette asyde all sophy[sm]s. and speke now trew and playne sophysms] sophyns H | |||
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folio: 139 | |||
So many Morall maters and so lytell vsyd many] many many H | |||
So myche newe makyng. and so madd tyme spente | |||
445 | So myche translac[i]on in-to englyshe confused translacion] translacon H | ||
So myche nobyll prechyng. and so lytell amendment | |||
So myche consultacion almoste to none entente | |||
So myche provision and so lytell wytte at nede | |||
Syns dewcalyons flodde there can no clerkes Rede | |||
450 | So lytyll dyscressyon. and so myche Reasonyng | ||
So myche hardy_dardy. and so lytell manlynes | |||
So prodigall expence. and so shamfull Reconyng | |||
So gorgyous garmentes. and so myche wrechydnese | |||
So myche portlye pride. with pursys penyles | |||
455 | So myche spente before. and so myche vnpayd behynde | ||
Syns dewcalyons flodde. there can no clerkes fynde | |||
So myche forcastyng. and so farre an after-dele | |||
So myche poletyke pratyng. and so lytell stondythe in stede | |||
ref.ed: 245 | |||
So lytell secretnese. and so myche grete councell | |||
460 | So manye bolde Barons. there hertes as dull as lede | ||
So many nobyll Bodyes. vndyr on dawys hedd | |||
So Royall a kyng. as Reynythe vppon vs all | |||
Syns dewcalions flodde. was nevyr sene nor shall | |||
So many complayntes. and so smalle redresse | |||
465 | So myche callying on. and so smalle takyng hede | ||
So myche losse of merchaundyse. and so remedyles | |||
So lytell care for the comynweall. and so myche nede | |||
So myche dowȜtfull daunger. and so lytell drede | |||
So myche pride of prelattes. so cruell and so kene | |||
470 | Syns dewcalyons flodde. I trowe was nevyr sene | ||
So many thevys hangyd. and thevys never-the-lesse | |||
So myche prisonment. ffor matyrs not worth an hawe | |||
So myche papers weryng. for Ryghte a smalle exesse | |||
So myche pelory-paIauntes. vndyr colowur of good lawe | |||
475 | So myche towrnyng on the cooke-stole for euery guy-gaw | ||
So myche mokkyshe makyng of statutes of array | |||
Syns dewcalyons flodde. was nevyr I dar sey | |||
folio: 139v | |||
So braynles caluys-hedes. so many shepis-taylys | |||
So Bolde a Braggyng bocher. and flesshe sold so dere | |||
480 | So many plucte partryches and'and' after cancelled 'partryches' so fatte quaylles | ||
So mangye a mastyfe curre. the grete grey-houndes pere | |||
So Bygge a Bulke of Brow-auntlers cabagyd þat yere | |||
So many swannes dede. and so small revell | |||
Syns dewcalyons flodde. I trow no man can tell | |||
485 | So many trusys takyn. and so lytyll p[er]fyte trowþe perfyte] profyte H | ||
So myche bely-Ioye. and so wastefull banketyng | |||
So pynchyng and sparyng. and so lytell profyte-growthe | |||
So many howgye howsys Byldyng. and so small howse-holdysuperscript-ng | |||
Suche statutes a_pon diettes suche pyllyng and pollyng | |||
490 | So ys all-thyng wrowghte wylfully withowte reson and skylle | ||
Syns dewcalyons flodde the world was never so yll the world] the world the world H | |||
So many vacabondes. so many beggers bolde | |||
So myche decay of monesteries and of relygious places | |||
So hote hatered agaynste the chyrche and cheryte so colde | |||
495 | So myche of my lordes grace and in hym no grace ys | ||
So many holow hartes. and so dowbyll faces | |||
ref.ed: 246 | |||
So myche sayntuary-brekyng. and preuylegidde barrydd | |||
Syns dewcalyons flodde. was nevyr sene nor lyerd | |||
So myche Raggyd Ryghte. of a Rammes-horne | |||
500 | So rygorous Revelyng. in a prelate specially | ||
So bold and so Braggyng. and was so baselye borne | |||
So lordlye of hys lokes. and so dysdayneslye | |||
So fatte a magott bred of a flesshe-flye | |||
Was nevyr suche a ffylty go[r]gon nor suche an epycure ffylty gorgon] ffyltyrgogon H'ffyltyrgogon': 'r' perhaps cancelled and 'ur' added above | |||
505 | Syn dewcalyons flodde. I make'make' after cancelled 'had' the faste and sure | ||
So myche preuye wachyng in cold wynters nyghtes | |||
So myche serchyng of loselles. and ys hym-selfe so lewde | |||
So myche coniurac[i]ons. for Elvyshe myday-sprettes coniuracions] coniuracons H | |||
So many bullys of pardon puplysshyd and shewyd | |||
510 | So myche crossyng and blyssyng and hym all be_shrewde | ||
Suche pollaxis and pyllers. suche mvlys trapte with gold | |||
Sens dewcalyons flodde. in no cronycle ys told | |||
Dixit qd parrot |
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folio: 140 | |||
Crescet in im[m]ensem me viuo psitacus iste immensem] imnensem H | |||
Hinc mea dicetur skeltonidis inclita fama | |||
Quod Skelton lawryat Orator Regius |