Here folowythe dyuers balettys and dyties solacyous deuysyd by Master Skelton Laureat Skelton, John, 1460?-1529. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A12290 of text S111025 in the English Short Title Catalog (STC 22604). 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. 9 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 5 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A12290 STC 22604 ESTC S111025 99846457 99846457 11426 2240902831

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A12290) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 11426) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 860:2) Here folowythe dyuers balettys and dyties solacyous deuysyd by Master Skelton Laureat Skelton, John, 1460?-1529. [8] p. Printed by J. Rastell, [London : 1528?] In verse. With a title-page woodcut. Imprint from STC. Signatures: [A]⁴. Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. eng eebo Here folowythe dyuers balettys and dyties solacyous deuysyd by Master Skelton Laureat. Skelton, John, 1528 10 1365 8 0 0 0 0 0 58.61 D The rate of 58.61 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the D category of texts with between 35 and 100 defects per 10,000 words. 2002-05 Assigned for keying and markup 2002-06 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2002-08 Sampled and proofread 2002-08 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2002-10 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

HEre Folowythe dyuers Balettys and dyties solacyous deuysyd by Master Skelton Laureat .

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with lullay lullay lyke a chylde . Thou slepyst to long thou art begylde . My darlyng dere my daysy floure . Let me quod he ly in your lap . Ly styll quod she my paramoure . Ly st●ll hardely & take a nap . hys hed was heuy such was his hap . All drowsy dremyng dround in slepe . That of hys loue he toke no kepe . with hey lullay . &c. with ba ba ba & bas bas bas . She cheryshed hym both cheke and chyn . That he wyst neuer where he was . he had forgoten all dedely syn . he wantyd wyther loue to wyn . he trusted her payment & lost all hys pray . She left hym slepyng and stale away . wyth hey lullay . &c. The ryuers rowth the waters wan . She sparyd not to wete her fete . She wadyd ouer she found a man . That halsyd her hartely and kyst her swete . Thus after her cold she cought a hete . My lefe she sayd rowtyth in hys bed . I I wys he hath an heuy hed . wyth hey lullay . &c. what dremyst thou drunchard drousy pate . Thy lust & lykyng is from the gone . Thou blynkerd blowboll thou wakyst to late . Behold thou lyeste luggard alone . well may thou sygh well may thou grone . To dele wyth her so cowardly . I I wys powle hachet she bleryd thyne I. Qd skelton Laureate ⸫
THe auncient acquaintance madam betwen vs twayn The famylyaryte the formar dalyaunce . Causyth me that I can not my self refrayne : But that I must wryte for my plesaunt pastaunce . Remembryng your passyng goodly countenaunce . your goodly port your bewteous visage . ye may be countyd comfort of all corage . Of all your feturs fauorable to make tru discripcion I am insuffycyent to make such enterpryse . For thus dare I say without tradiccyon . That dame menolope was neuer half so wyse . yet so it is that a rumer begynnyth for to ryse . How in good horsmen ye set your hole delyght . And haue forgoten your old trew louyng knyght . wyth bound & rebound bounsyngly take vp . Hys Ientyll curtoyt● and set nowght by small naggys . S●ur vp at the hynder gyrth with gup morell gup . with Iayst ye Ienet of spayne for your tayll waggys ye cast all your corage vppon such courtly haggys . Haue in sergeaunt ferrour myne horse behynde is bare . He rydyth well the horse but he rydyth better the mare . ware ware the mare wynsyth wyth her wanton hele . She kykyth with her kalkyns & keylyth with a clench . She goyth wyde behynde & hewyth neuer a dele . ware gallyng in the widders ware of that wrenche . It is perlous for a horseman to dyg in the trenche . Thys greuyth your husband that ryght Ientyll knyght . And so with youre seruantys he fersly doth fyght . So fersly he fytyth hys mynde is so fell . that he dryuyth them doune with dyntys on ther day ●ach . He bresyth theyr braynpānys & makyth them to swell . Theyre browys all to brokyn such clappys they cach . whose Ialawsy malycyous makyth them to lepe the hach . by theyr conusaunce knowing how they serue a wilypy Ask all your neybours whether that Ily . It can be no counsell that is cryed at the cros For your Ientyll husband sorowfull am I. how be is he is not furst hath had a los. Aduertysyng you madame to warke more secretly . Let not all the world make an owt cry . Play fayre play madame & loke ye play clene . Or ells with gret shame your game wyl be sene . Qd Skelton Laureat .
Knolege Aquayntance resort fauour with grace Delyte / desyre / respyte / wyth lyberte . Co●age wyth lust conuenient tyme & space . Dysdayns / dystres / exylyd cruelte . wordys well set with good habylyte . Demure demenaunce womanly of porte . Transendyng plesure surmountyng all dysporte . Allectuary arrectyd to redres . These feuerous axys the dedely wo & payne . Of thoughtfull hertys plungyd in dystres . Refresshyng myndys the aprell shoure of rayne . Condute of comforte and well most souerayne . herber enverduryd contynuall fressh & grene . Of lusty somer the passyng goodly quene . The Topas rych and precyouse in vertew . your ruddys wyth ruddy rubys may compare . Saphyre of sadnes enuayned wyth Indy blew . The pullyshed perle youre whytenes doth declare . Dyamand poyntyd to rase oute hartly care .. Geyne surfetous suspecte the Emeraud comendable . Relucent Smaragd Obiecte Imcomperable . Encleryd myrroure and perspectyue most bryght . Illumynyd wyth feturys far passyng my reporte . Radyent Esperus star of the clowdy nyght . Lode star to lyght these louers to theyr porte . Gayne dangerous stormys theyr anker of supporte . Theyr sayll of solace most comfortably clad . whych to behold makyth heuy hartys glad . Remorse haue I of youre most goodlyhod Of youre behauoure curtes & benynge . Of your bownte & of youre womanhod . which makyth my hart oft to lepe & sprynge . And to remember many a praty thynge . But absens alas wyth tremelyng fere & drede . Abashyth me albe it I haue no nede . you I assure absens is my fo . My dedely wo my paynfull heuynes . And if ye lyst to know the cause why so . Open myne hart beholde my mynde expres . I wold ye coud / then shuld ye se mastres how there nys thynge that I couet so fayne . As to enbrace you in myne armys ●wayne . Nothynge yerthly to me more desyrous . Than to beholde youre bewteouse countenaunce . But hatefull Absens to me so enuyous . Though thou withdraw me from her by long dystaunce . yet shall she neuer oute of remembraunce . For I haue grauyd her wythin the secret wall . Of my trew hart to loue her best of all . Qd Skelton . Laureat .
Cuncta licet cecidisse putas discrimina rerum Et prius incerta ● tibi certa manent Consiliis usure meis tamen aspice caute Subdola non fallat te dea fraude sua Sepe solet placido mortales fallere vultu . Et cute sub placida tabida sepe dolent . Ut quando secura putas & cuncta serenas . Anguis sub viridi gramine sepe latet . Though ye suppose all Ieperdys ar paste . And all is done that ye lokyd for before . ware yet I rede you of fortunes dowble cast . For one fals poynt she is wont to kepe in store . And vnder the fell oft festerd is the sore That when ye thynke all daunger for to pas . ware of the lesard lyeth lurkyng in the gras . Qd Skelton laureat .
GO pytyous hart rasyd with dedly wo. Persyd with payn bleding with wond smart Bewayle thy fortune with vaynys wan & blo . O fortune vnfrendly fortune vnkynde thow art . To be so cruell & so ouerthwart . To suffer me so carefull to endure . That wher I loue best I dare not dyscure . One ther is & euer one shal be . For whose sake my hart is sore dyseasyd . For whose loue welcom dysease to me . I am content so all partys be pleasyd . yet & God wold I wold my payne ● easyd . But fortune enforsyth me so carefully to endure . That where I loue best I dare not dyscure⸫ Skelton laureat at the instance of a nobyll Lady .
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