| sig:
B4 |
|
|
 Here-after foloweth the Boke / entytuled Ware the Hauke. Per
Skelton Laureat. |
| sig:
[B4v] |
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¶Prologus Skeltonidis Laureati / super ware the Hawke.
|
|
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THis worke deuysed is |
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For suche as do a_mys |
| ref.ed:
62 |
|
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And specyally to controule |
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Such as haue cure of soule |
| 5 |
That be so far abusyd |
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They can not be excusyd |
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By reason nor by law |
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But that they playe the daw |
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To hawke or els to hunt |
| 10 |
From the Auter to the funt |
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Wyth cry vnreuerent |
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Be_fore the sacrament |
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Wythin the holy church bowndis |
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That of our fayth / the grownd is |
| 15 |
That preest that hawkys so |
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All grace is far hym fro |
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He semeth a sysmatyke |
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Or els an heretike |
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For fayth in hym is faynte |
| 20 |
There-fore to make complaynt |
| sig:
B5 |
|
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Of such mysaduysed |
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Parsons / and dysgysed |
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Thys boke we haue deuysed |
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Compendyously comprysed |
| 25 |
No good preest to offend |
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But suche dawes to amend |
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In hope that no man shall |
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Be myscontent withall
Be] By K
|
|
I Shall you make relacyon |
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By way of apostrofacyon |
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Under supportacyon |
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Of your pacyent tolleracyon |
| 5 |
How I Skelton Laureat |
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Deuysed and also wrate |
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Uppon a lewde Curate |
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A parson benyfyced |
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But nothynge well aduysed |
| 10 |
He shall be as now nameles |
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But he shall not be blameles |
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Nor he shall not be shameles |
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For sure he w[ro]ught a_mys
wrought] worught L, wrought K, D, M
|
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To hawke in my church of Dys
|
| ref.ed:
63 |
|
| 15 |
This fonde frantyke fouconer |
| sig:
[B5v] |
|
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Wyth his polutyd pawtenar |
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As preest vnreuerent |
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Streyght to the sacrament |
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He made his hawke to fly |
| 20 |
With hogeous showte and cry |
|
The hy auter he strypte naked |
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There-on he stode and craked |
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He shoke downe all the clothys |
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And sware horryble othes |
| 25 |
Be_fore the face of god
|
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By moyses and Arons rod |
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Or that he thens yede |
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His hawke shulde pray and fede |
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Upon a p[i]g[e]ons maw
pigeons] pegions L, pigeons K, D, M
|
| 30 |
The blode ran downe raw |
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Upon the auter-stone |
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The hawke tyryd on a bo[ne]
bone] bonne L, K, D, M
|
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And in the holy place |
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She mutyd there a chase |
| 35 |
Upon my corporas face |
|
Such sacrificium laudis
|
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He made with suche gambawdis |
|
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Obseruate
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|
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His seconde hawke wexyd gery |
| sig:
[B6] |
|
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And was with flyenge wery |
| 40 |
She had flowyn so oft |
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That on the rode-loft |
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She perkyd her to rest |
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The fauconer then was prest
prest] priest K, D
|
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Came runnynge with a dow |
| 45 |
And cryed stow stow stow |
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But she wold not bow |
|
He then to be sure |
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Callyd her with a lure |
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Her mete was very crude
mete] mere K
|
| 50 |
She had not wel endude |
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She was not clene ensaymed |
|
She was not well reclaymed |
| ref.ed:
64 |
|
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But the fawconer vnfayned |
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Was moch more febler brayned |
| 55 |
The hawke had no lyst |
|
To come to his fyst |
|
She loked as she had the frounce
frounce] fronnce K, fronce D, fronce M
|
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Wyth that he gaue her a bounce |
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Full vpon the gorge |
| 60 |
I wyll not fayne nor forge |
|
The hawke with that clap |
|
Fell downe with euyll hap |
| sig:
[B6v] |
|
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The church-dores were sparred |
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Fast boltyd and barryd |
| 65 |
Yet wyth a prety gyn |
|
I fortuned to come In |
|
Thys rebell to behold |
|
Wher-of I hym controld
I hym] him I K, D, hym I M
|
|
But he sayde that he wolde |
| 70 |
A_gaynst my mynde and wyll |
|
In my church hawke styll |
|
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Considerate
|
|
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¶On saynt
Iohnn
decollacyon |
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He hawked on thys facyon |
|
Tempore / vesperarum
|
| 75 |
Sed / non s[e]cundum sarum
secundum] scundum L
|
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But lyke a march-harum |
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His braynes were so parum
|
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He sayde he wold not let |
|
His houndys for to fet |
| 80 |
To hunte there by lyberte |
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In the dyspyte of me |
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And to halow there the fox |
|
Downe went my offerynge-box |
|
Boke bell and candyll |
| 85 |
All that he myght handyll |
| sig:
[B7] |
|
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Cros staffe / lectryne and banner |
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Fell downe on thys manner |
|
| ref.ed:
65 |
|
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Deliberate
|
|
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¶Wyth troll / cytrace and trouy |
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They rangyd hankyn_bouy
|
| 90 |
My churche all a_bowte |
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Thys fawconer then gan showte
then] D, M omit
|
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These be my gospellers |
|
These be my pystyllers |
|
These be my querysters |
| 95 |
To helpe me to synge |
|
My hawkes to mattens rynge |
|
I[n] thys preestly gydynge
In] Is L, In K, D, M
|
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His hawke then flew vppon |
|
The rode with mary and Iohnn
|
| 100 |
Delt he not lyke a fon |
|
Delt he not lyke a daw |
|
Or els is thys goddis law |
|
Decrees or Decretals |
|
Or holy Sinodals |
| 105 |
Or els prouincyals |
|
Thus within the wals |
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Of holy church to deale |
|
Thus to ryng a peale |
| sig:
[B7v] |
|
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Wyth his hawkys bels |
| 110 |
Dowtles such losels |
|
Make the churche to be |
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In smale auctoryte |
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A curate in specyall |
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To snappar and to fall |
| 115 |
In-to this opyn cryme |
|
To loke on this were tyme |
|
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Uigilate
|
|
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But who-so that lokys |
|
In the offycyallys bokys |
|
There he may se and reed
he] her M
|
| 120 |
That thys is matter in-deed |
|
How-be-it mayden
meed
|
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Made theym to be a_greed |
|
And so the scrybe was feed |
| ref.ed:
66 |
|
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And the Pharasay |
| 125 |
Then durst nothynge say |
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But let the matter slyp |
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And made truth to tryp |
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And of the spyrytuall law |
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They made but a gew-gaw |
| 130 |
And toke it oute [i]n drynke
in] n L, in K, D, M
|
|
And this the cause doth shrynke |
| sig:
[B8] |
|
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The church is thus abusyd |
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Reproched and pollutyd |
|
Correctyon hath no place |
| 135 |
And all for lacke of grace |
|
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Deplorate
|
|
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¶Loke now in
Exodi
|
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And
de archa domini
|
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With
regum
by and by |
|
The bybyll wyll not ly |
| 140 |
How the tem[p]le was kept
temple] temble L, temple K, D, M
|
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How the temple was swept |
|
Where sanguis taurorum
|
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Aut sanguis vitulorum
|
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Was offryd with_in the wallys |
| 145 |
After Ceremoniallys |
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When it was polutyd |
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Sentence was executyd |
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By wey of expyacyon |
|
For reconcylyacyon
For reconcylyacyon] D, M omit
|
|
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Diuinitate
|
|
| 150 |
¶Then moch more by the rode |
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Where Crystis precyous blode |
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Dayly offryd is |
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To be polutyd this |
| sig:
[B8v] |
|
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And that he wysshyd with-all |
| 155 |
That the dowues donge downe myght fall |
|
In-to my chalys at mas |
| ref.ed:
67 |
|
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When consecratyd was |
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The blessyd sacrament |
|
O pryeest vnreuerent |
| 160 |
He sayd that he wold hunt |
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From the Aulter to the Funt. |
|
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Reformate.
|
|
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¶Of no tyrand I rede |
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That so far dyd excede |
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Neither yet Dyoclesyan
|
| 165 |
Nor yet Domysyan
|
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Nother crokyd Cacus
Nother] Nor yet K, D, M
|
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Nor yet dronken Bacus
|
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Nother Olybryus
|
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Nor Dyonysyus
|
| 170 |
Nother Phalary
|
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Rehersyd in valery
|
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Nor Sardanapall
|
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Unhappyest of all |
|
Nor Nero the worst |
| 175 |
Nor Clawdyus the curst |
|
Nor yet / Egeas
|
| sig:
C[1] |
|
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Nor yet syr
Pherumbras
|
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Nother zorobabell
|
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Nor cruell Iesabell
|
| 180 |
Nor yet Tarquinius
|
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Whom Tytus_Lyuyus
|
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In wrytynge doth enroll |
|
I haue red theym poll by poll |
|
The story of Arystobell
|
| 185 |
And of Constantynopell
|
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Whych Cytie Myscreantys wan |
|
And slew many a crysten man |
|
Yet the Sowden nor the Turke |
|
Wrought neuer such a worke |
| 190 |
For to let their hawkys fly |
|
In the church of saynt
Sophy
|
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With moch matter more |
|
That I kepe in store |
|
| ref.ed:
68 |
|
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Pensitate
|
|
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¶Then in a tabull playne |
| 195 |
I wroute a verse or twayne |
|
Where-at he made dysdayne |
|
The pekysh parsons brayne |
|
Cowde not rech nor attayne |
|
What the sentence ment |
| sig:
[C1v] |
|
| 200 |
He sayde for a crokyd Intent |
|
The wordis were paruertyd |
|
And this he ouerthwartyd |
|
Of the whych proces |
|
Ye may know more expres |
| 205 |
If it please you to loke |
|
In the resydew of thys boke |
|
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¶Here-after folowyth the tabull
|
|
|
LOke on this tabull |
|
Whether thou art abull |
|
To rede or to spell |
| 210 |
What these verses tell |
|
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¶Sicculo lutueris est colo bumraaram
|
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Nixphedras visarum caniuter tumtantes
|
|
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¶Raterplas Natanbrian vmsudus itnugenus.
|
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18. 10. 2. 11. 19. 4. 13. 3. 3. 1. temualet
|
|
| 215 |
¶Cartula stet precor hec [n]ullo temeranda petulco.
|
|
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¶Hos rapiet Numeros non homo sed mala bos.
|
|
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¶Ex parte. Rem carte aduerte aperte. pone musam arethusam hanc
|
|
| sig:
C2 |
|
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¶Wherto shuld I rehers |
|
The sentens of my vers |
| 220 |
In them be no scolys |
|
For braynsycke frantycke folys |
|
Construas hoc / Domine
daucock.
|
|
Ware the hauke. |
|
|
Maister
Sophista
|
| 225 |
Ye Simplex / silogista
|
| ref.ed:
69 |
|
|
[Y]e deuelysh. dogmatista
Ye] The L, K, D, M
|
|
Your hawke on your fista |
|
To hawke when [you] lista
you] your L, K, D, M
|
|
In ecclesia ista / domine [concu]pisti
concupisti] cacapisti L, D, M, racapisti K
|
| 230 |
With thy hawke on thy fysty |
|
Nunquid sic dixisti. Nunquid sic fecisti
|
|
Sed vbi hoc legisti
|
|
Aut vnde hoc / doctor
dawcocke
|
|
Ware the hawke |
|
| 235 |
¶Doctor. Dialetica
|
|
Where fynde you in. ypotetica
|
|
Or in Cathagoria. Latina / siue dorica
|
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To vse youre hawkys / forica
|
|
In / propiciatorio /
|
| 240 |
Tanquam / diuersorio
|
|
Unde hoc, domine
dawcocke
|
|
Ware the hawke |
|
| sig:
[C2v] |
|
|
¶Say to me Iacke_harys
|
|
Quare accuparis Ad sacramentum altaris
|
| 245 |
For no reuerens thou sparys
reuerens] reuens K, D, M
|
|
To shake my pygyons federis |
|
Super / arcam federis
|
|
Unde hoc /
doctor
dawkocke
|
|
[Wa]re the hawke
Ware] Whare L
|
|
| 250 |
Sir dominus vobiscum Par aucupium
|
|
Ye made your hawke to cum |
|
Desuper / candelabrum
|
|
Christi crucifixi
|
|
To fede vppon your fisty |
| 255 |
Dic / inimice crucis Christi
|
| ref.ed:
70 |
|
|
Ubi didicisti
|
|
Facere hoc / domine
dawcoke
|
|
Ware the hawke |
|
|
¶Apostata Iulianus
|
| 260 |
Nor yet Nestorianus
|
|
Thou shalt no-where rede |
|
That they dyd such a dede |
|
To let theyr hawkys fly |
|
Ad ostium tabernaculi
|
| 265 |
In quo est corpus domini
|
|
Caue hoc / doctor
dawcock
|
|
Ware the hawke |
|
| sig:
[C3] |
|
|
¶This dowtles ye rauyd |
|
Dys church ye thus deprauyd |
| 270 |
Wherfore as I be sauyd |
|
Ye ar therfore be_knauyd |
|
Quare / quia euangelia
|
|
Concha / et conchelia
|
|
A[c]cipiter / et sonalia
Accipiter] Ancipiter L, K, D, M
|
| 275 |
Et / bruta animalia
This line set to right of previous line in L
|
|
Cetera / quoque talia
|
|
Tibi sunt equalia
|
|
Unde hoc domine
dawkock
|
|
[Wa]re the hawke
Ware] Whare L
|
|
| 280 |
 Et relis et ralis. Et reliqualis
|
|
From Granado to galys
|
|
From wynchelsee to walys
|
|
Non est braynsycke talys
|
|
Nec minus racionalis
|
| 285 |
Nec magis bestialis
This line set to right of previous line in L
|
|
That synggys with a chalys |
|
Construas hoc. doctor
dawcoke
|
|
Ware the hawke |
|
| ref.ed:
71 |
|
|
¶Masyd wytles smery smyth |
| 290 |
Hampar with your hammer upon thy styth |
|
And make here-of a syckyll or a saw |
|
For though ye lyue a .c. yere ye shal dy a daw |
|
Uos valete doctor indiscrete.
|
| sig:
[C3v] |
|
|
Skeltonis Apostrophat ad diuum
Iohannem
decollatum in cuius profesto fiebat / hoc aucupium
|
|
|
O Memoranda dies qua decol[l]a[t]e Iohannes
decollate] decolare L, K, D, M
|
|
Aucupium facit h[au]d quondam quod fecerit in[t]ra
haud] hod L, K, D, M; intra] infra L, K, D, M
|
|
Ecclesiam de Dis violans [t]ua sacra sacrorum
tua] sua L, K, D, M
|
|
Rector de whipstok doctor cognomine daucock
|
| 5 |
Et dominus
wodcock. probat is. probat hic. probat hec hoc.
|
|
|
Idem. de libera dicacitate poetica / in extolenda probitate et in perfricanda ignobilitate.
|
|
|
Libertas veneranda piis concessa poetis
|
|
Dicendi est quecunque placent quecunque Iuuabunt
|
|
Uel quecunque valent Iustas defendere causas
|
|
Uel quecunque v[a]lent stolidos mordere petulcos
valent] volent L, K, D, M
|
| 5 |
Ergo dabis veniam.
|
|
|
Quod Skelton Laureat. |