[Elegy on the death of Henry VII] This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A02934 of text S111375 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 13075). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A02934 STC 13075 ESTC S111375 99846737 99846737 11724 2240906381

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A02934) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 11724) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 80:05) [Elegy on the death of Henry VII] Skelton, John, 1460?-1529, attributed name. Hawes, Stephen, d. 1523?, attributed name. 1 sheet : ill. W. de Worde, [London : 1509] Title and imprint suggested by STC. Sometimes erroneously attributed to John Skelton; this and/or STC 13075.5 may be by Stephen Hawes--STC. In verse (8-line stanzas rhyming ababbcbc). First extant line begins: .. all wrapped in wretchydnes. Last extant line reads: Henry the seuenth ingraued here lyeth dede. On the verso is printed STC 24133.5. Imperfect; a fragment. Reproduction of the original in the Bodleian Library. eng Henry -- VII, -- King of England, 1457-1509 -- Early works to 1800. eebo [Elegy on the death of Henry VII] [no entry] 1509 1 344 32 0 0 0 0 0 930.23 F The rate of 930.23 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2005-06 Assigned for keying and markup 2005-07 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2005-08 Sampled and proofread 2005-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2005-10 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
〈…〉 i de all wrapped in wretchydnes 〈…〉 pompes so gay & gloryous 〈…〉 asures / and all thy ryches 〈…〉 be but transytoryous 〈…〉 to moche pyteous 〈…〉 that eche man whylom dred 〈…〉 naturall lyne and cours 〈…〉 alas lyeth dede 〈…〉 ryall a kynge 〈…〉 aner the prudent salamon 〈…〉sse and in euery thynge 〈…〉 crysten regyon 〈…〉 not longe agone 〈…〉 his name by fame sprde 〈…〉 te nowe destytute alone 〈…〉 is alas lyeth dede 〈…〉 ater we wretchyd creatures 〈…〉 and tryumphaunt maiestye 〈…〉 pastymes and pleasures 〈…〉thouten remedye 〈…〉 wyll the myserable bodye 〈…〉 heuy lede 〈…〉 but vanyte and all vanytye 〈…〉 alas alas lyeth dede 〈…〉 subgectes & make lamentacyon . 〈…〉 noble a gouernoure 〈…〉 ayers make we exclamacyon 〈…〉 to his supernall toure 〈…〉dly rose floure 〈…〉 ally all aboute spred 〈…〉 ated where is his power 〈…〉 as alas lyeth dede Of this moost crysten kynge in vs it lyeth not His tyme passed honour suffycyent to prayse But yet though that / that thyng envalue we may not Our prayers of suertye he shall haue alwayes And though that atropose hathe ended his dayes His name and fame shall euer be dred As fer as phebus spredes his golden rayes Though henry the seuenth alas alas lyeth dede But nowe what remedye he is vncouerable Touchyd by the handes of god that is moost Iust But yet agayne a cause moost confortable we haue / wherin / of ryght reioys we must His sone on lyue in beaute force and lust In honour lykely traianus to shede wherfore in hym put we our hope and trust Syth henry his fader alas alas lyeth dede And nowe for conclusyon aboute his herse Let this be grauyd for endeles memorye with sorowfull tunes of Thesyphenes verse Here lyeth the puyssaunt and myghty henry Hector in batayll / Vlyxes in polecy Salamon in wysdome the noble rose rede Creses in rychesse Iulyus in glory Henry the seuenth ingraued here lyeth dede