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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. | |
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¶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 | |
| sig: B[1] | |
| 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 |
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| 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 | |
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Of the kynge of Nauerne / ye might take heed |
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| 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. |
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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. | |
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¶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 | |
| 10 | And venemously stingyng original midline period after 'reprehendyng' omitted and line redistributed |
| Rebukyng and remordyng | |
| And nothing accordyng. | |
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Cause haue they [n]one other
haue they] they haue D, M
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| But for that he was brother brother] hys brother D, M | |
| 15 | Brother vnnaturall |
| Vnto our kyng royall original midline period after 'vnnaturall' omitted and line redistributed | |
| Agaynst whom he dyd fyght | |
| Falsly agaynst all right | |
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| Lyke that vntrue rebell | |
| 20 | Fals Kayn agaynst Abell |
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Who-so therat pyketh mood
Who-so] But who-so D, M
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| 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 |
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| 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. | |