Honorificatissimo, amplissimo, longeq[ue] reuerendissimo in Christo patri: ac domino, domino Thome &c ... A latereq[ue] legato superillustri &c. Skeltonis laureatus ora, reg. humillimum, dicit obsequium ... A replycacion agaynst certayne yong scolers, abiured of late [et]c. Argumentum. Crassa[n]tes nimiu[m], nimiu[m] sterilesq[ue] labruscas (vinea quas d[omi]ni, sabaot non sustinet ultra laxius expandi) nostra est resecare uoluntas. Cum priuilegio a rege indulto. Replycacion agaynst certayne yong scolers Skelton, John, 1460?-1529. 1528 Approx. 28 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 11 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2012-10 (EEBO-TCP Phase 2). A12292 STC 22609 ESTC S111027 99846459 99846459 11428

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HONORIFICATISSIMO, Ampliſſimo, longe que reuerendiſſimo in Chriſto patri: Ac domino, domino THOME &c. Tituli ſanctae Ceciliae, ſacroſāctae Romanae eccleſiae preſbytero Cardinali meritiſſimo, et Apoſtolice ſedis legato. A latere que legato ſuperilluſtri &c. Skeltonis laureatus Ora, reg. Humillimum, dicit obſequium cum omni debita reuerētia, tanto tam que magnifico digna principe ſacerdotum, totius que iuſtitiae equabiliſſimo moderatore. Necnon preſentis opuſculi fautore excellentiſſimo &c. Ad cuius auſpicatiſſimam contemplationem, ſub memorabili prelo glorioſe inmortalitatis preſens pagella felicitatur &c,

¶ A replycacion agaynſt certayne yong ſcolers / abiured of late &c.

ARGVMENTVM. CRaſſātes nimiū, Nimiū ſteriles que labruſcas (Vinea quas dn̄i, ſabaot non ſuſtinet ultra Laxius expandi) noſtra eſt reſecare uoluntas.

¶ Cum priuilegio a rege in dulto.

PRoteſtacion alway canonically prepēſed / profeſſed / and with good dely / beracion made / that this lytell Pamphilet (called ye Replication of Skelton laureate) Ora. reg. Remordyng dyuers recrayed and moche vnreſonable errours / of certayne Sophyſtycate ſcolers and recheleſſe yonge heretykes / lately abiured &c. Shall euermore be (with all obſequious redyneſſe) humbly ſubmytted vnto the ryght diſcrete reformacyon of the reuerende prelates and moche noble doctours / of our mother holy churche &c.

¶ Ad almam vniuerſitatem Cantabrigenſem &c. ¶ Eulogium conſolationis. ALma parens. O. Cantabrigenſis Cur lachimaris? Eſto / tui ſint Degeneres hi. Contabrigia / ſkeltonidi lau reato primatu māmam erudi • ionis p • ētiſ ſime ꝓpin • uit Filioli / ſed Non obinertes (O pia mater) Inſciolos uel decolor eſto. Progenies non nobilis omnis Quam tua forfan / mamma fouebat: Tu tamen eſto / Palladis alme Glotia pollens plena Minerue Dum radiabunt aſtra polorum: Iam que ualeto / me que foueto.

Nam que tibi quondam / carus alumnus eram.

Zebub muſca inflatiua ſibulās ab auſtro / q̄intumeſcere ſacit hereſiarchas cōtre fidē ortad ••• ā &c. h. il. Eruditionis exordiſi in tencra audaci que iuuents temperate moder • tionis frenum poſtulat. Elioquin ſcientia effrenote inflata que ſpſi • la tiō •• qd dulceo venenſ • eſt ſubr •• ter intoricat interunit que • can • ū poſſeſſorſi ſufi &c. h il. •• ou ſit ig • i • ti •• Philoſogia (ratiōe intēperat • loquacitar • . tue • ordinate dicacitac • . icogitate ꝓcacitotis in ſingul • ū et ſerupulū cord, tui &c. h. il. Eloquē tiam ſine ſo • tet • a ꝓdeſſe • ſi que / ob eſſe plerſi que ſa • is cōſtat euident .i. veterum rethoue. Rhetoricari incōpoſtie. Logicari meticuloſe. Philoſophari ꝑfunc • oue. Theologiſari frenetice. Arguit inconcionatore (ne dum • ucidum interuallum) ſed cōtinuam ꝑtinacem que mentio altenationem / feculentam / an ••• catam / temulen tam &c. hec il. Vos 〈◊〉 cliphantice euāgeliſātes tan que auſeres ſtrepē tes inter canoros olores. Relegemus ad tres grues bacchato bromio iniciatos pro foribus Vinitoris propter fluenta Thamiſie. Vbi poti potati eſ • faſciculo • nambuſto ambuſtum futurum faſciculum penſitate &c. hec il.HOwe yong ſcolers nowe a dayes enbolmed w the Flyblowen blaſt of the moche vayne glorious pipplyng wynde. Whan they haue delectably lyeked a lytell of the lycorous electuary of luſty leruyng / in ye moche ſtudious ſcole hous of ſcrupulous Philoſogy. Countyng thē ſelfe clerkes exellētly enformed and trāſcendigly ſped in moche high cō nyng / & whā they haue ones ſuꝑciliuſly caught.

¶ A lytell ragge of Rethorike A leſſe lumpe of Logyke A pece or a patche of Philoſophy Than forthwith by and by They tumble ſo in Theology Drowned in dregges of Diuinite That they iuge them ſelfe able to be Doctours of the Chayre in the Vyntre At the thre Crames To magnifye their names But madly it frames. ¶ For all that they preche and teche Is farther than their wytte wyll reche Thus by demeryttes of their abuſyon Finally they fall to carefull confuſyon To beare a Fagot or to be enflamed Thus are they vndone & vtily ſhamed. ERGD. Licet nō enclitice. tamē enthyme matice Notandum inprimis. Vt ne quid nimis.

¶ Tantum pro primo.

OVer this.Stoicam ſectā zenon • muo iſtu • it. For a more ample proceſſe to be farther delated & contynued / and of euery true chriſtenman laudably to be enployed iuſtifyed / and conſtantly mainteyned.Iuuenes ſāguino lenti propter libidinē dominandi et gloriam fame / frequēter fieri folent ſedicioſi. hec diaſ. A touchyng the Tetrycall Theologiſacion of theſe demy diuines and Stoicall ſtudiantes / and friſca ioly yonke rkyns / moche better bayned than bray / ned / baſked and baththed in their wylde but blyng and boyling blode / Feruently reboyled with the in fatuate flames of their recheleſſe youthe and wytleſſe wontonneſſe / enbraſed and enterlaſed with a moche fantaſticall freneſy of their inſenſate ſenſua lyte.Perihermōia • la tie inc pretatio. &c. Surmyſed vnſurely in their Perihermeniall principles / to prate and to preche proudly and leudly / and loudly to lye.Porphiriꝰ florui • Athemo tempore Gordiani imperatoris. CC .rlir. &c. Analitica Ubri priorū ce poſteriorū. or • . Topica .i. liber to talis de totalibus locis &c. Preſumere eſt nō audēda facere. &c. De Idolatris lege Hieronimū ad Ioueuianum &c. ydolatria bictio cō polita ex ydolo (qd eſt ſimulacrū) et latria (qd eſt cultura) apud nos &c. De latria / iperdulia / dulta / quid ſan critas apoſto • ica / cū Conſtātino magno Cōſtātino poli ordinauit in cōſi • o Latrienſi manifeſte repe • ies / et infra. And yet they were but febly enformed in maiſter Porphiris problemes / & haue waded but weakly in his thre maner of clerkly workes. Analeticall / Topicall / and Logycall. Howbeit they were puffed ſo full of vaynglorious pompe and ſurcudant elacyon / that popholy & peuyſſhe preſumpcion prouoked them to publyſſhe & to preche to people im prudent perilouſly: howe it was Idolatry to offre to ymages of our bleſſed lady / or to pray and go on pylgrimages / or to make oblacions to any ymages of ſayntes in churches / or els where.

¶ Agaynſt whiche erronyous errours / odyous / orgulyous / and Flyblowen opynions &c. IN the honour of our bleſſed Lady And her moſt bleſſed Baby Cōuenio vos o / publici iniuriatores ſācte et apoſtolice eccleſle. &c.I purpoſe for to reply Agaynſt this horryble hereſy Of theſe yong heretikes yt ſtynke vnbrēt Whom I nowe ſōmon and content That leudly haue their tyme ſpent O. ꝓdigioſa ꝓgenics qua lē / de filio q̄ri tis habere miſericordiā? cuius marrē inſiciamini eſſe matrē mie. canit tamē vniuerſalis eccleſta. Salue regina maf • niſer icordic. &c.In their ſtudy abhomynable Our glorious Lady to diſable And heynouſly on her to bable With langage deteſtable With your lyppes polluted Agaynſt her grace diſputed Whiche is the moſt clere Chriſtall Of all pure clenneſſe virgynall That our Sauyour bare Whiche vs redemed from care. ¶ I ſaye thou madde Marche Hare I wondre howe ye dare Open your ianglyng iawes Cōuenio vo • o / Ariant / Iuliano apoſtata execrabiliores. &c.To preche in any clawes Lyke pratynge poppyng dawes Agaynſt her excellence Agaynſt her reuerence Agaynſt her preemynence Agaynſt her magnifycence That neuer dyde offence. ¶ ye heretykes recrayed Wotte ye what ye ſayed / Of Mary / mother and mayed Cōuenio vos o / ſpurciſſimi / o / viliſſimi. o / nequiſſimi ob trectatores matris xp̄i &c.With baudrie at her ye brayed With baudy wordes vnmete your tonges were to flete your ſermon was nat ſwete ye were nothyng diſcrete ye were in a dronken hete Lyke haretykes confettred Cōuenio vos o / inſenſati literarum profeſſores. &c.ye count your ſelfe wele lettred your lernyng is ſtarke nought For ſhamefully ye haue wrought And to ſhame your ſelfe haue brought. Cōuenio vos o / Iebuſeij. o / Iudei. o / Cananeij. o / phariſeij. &c.¶ Bycauſe ye her myſnamed And wolde haue her defamed your madneſſe ſhe attamed For ye were worldly ſhamed At Poules croſſe openly Non vacat (o. cōtēptores mariani) non vacat (inquā) qd digna factis recepiſtioī veipare virginis Cōceptio ne. &c. hec 〈◊〉 .All men can teſtifye There lyke a ſorte of ſottes ye were fayne to beare Fagottes At the feeſt of her Concepcion ye ſuffred ſuche correction. ¶ Siue per Equiuocum Siue per Vniuocum Siue ſic / ſiue nat ſo ye are brought to. Lo / lo / lo / Cōuenio vos o / Maleſoni / vani / prophani / chriſtiani.Se where the Heretykes go Wytleſſe wandring to and fro With. Te / he. Ta / ha. Bo / ho / bo / ho. And ſuche wondringes many mo Helas / ye wreches ye may be wo ye may ſyng wele away And curſe bothe nyght and day Whan ye were bredde and borne And whan ye were preeſtes ſhorne Cōuenio vos o / Huſſi • ni &cThus to be laughed to ſkorne Thus tattred and thus torne Thoro we your owne foly To be blowen with the flye Of horryble hereſy Fayne ye were to reny And mercy for to crye Or be brende by and by Confeſſyng howe ye dyde lye In prechyng ſhamefully. ¶ your ſelfe thus ye diſcured As clerkes vnaſſured With ignorance obſcured ye are vnhappely bred Cōuenio vos o / Lutherian • In your Dialeticall And principles Silogiſticall If ye to remembrance call Howe Sillogiſari Non eſt ex particulari Nec que negatiuis Recte concludere / ſi vis:Nec que non ne que l • g •• . Et cetera id genus ye coude nat Cordetenus: Nor anſwere Verbotenus Whan prelacy you oppoſed your hertes than were hoſed your relacions repoſed Quoniā ignorantibus ſuppocitiones veritates propoſitionſi non relucent. &c.And yet ye ſuppoſed Reſpondere ad quantum But ye were Confuſetantum Surrendring your ſuppoſycions For there ye myſt you quoſſhons. ¶ wolde god / for your owne eaſe Warpocrates digie • labifs ī preſſo admopuit ſilētium fieri in Iſidis templo. &c.That wyſe Harpocrates Had your mouthes ſtopped And your tonges cropped Whan ye Logyke chopped And in the Pulpete hopped And folyſſhly there fopped And poriſſhly forthe popped your ſyſmaticate ſawes Agaynſt goddes lawes S • t preteres nōnulli hutus farme / de quibus hic nō eſt • err • d • locusAnd ſhewed your ſelfe dawes ye argued argumentes As it were vpon the elenkes De rebus apparentibus Et non exiſtentibus And ye wolde appere wyſe But ye were folyſſhe nyſe yet be meanes of that byſe ye dyde prouoke and tyſe Oftnar than ones ortwyſe Many a goodman And many a good woman By way of their deuocion To helpe you to promocion Whoſe charite wele regarded Can nat be vnrewarded. ¶ I ſaye it for no ſedicion Cōuenio vos o. • erodi • ni.But vnder pacient tuicyon It is halfe a ſuperſticyon To gyue you exhibycion To mainteyne with your ſkoles And to proue your ſelfe ſuche foles Some of you had ten pounde Therwith for to be founde At the Vnyuerſyte Obſcu ••• ſerc • ſtino • .Employed whiche myght haue be Moche better other wayes But as the man ſayes The blynde eteth many a flye What may be ment here by ye may ſoone make conſtruction Erfructibus corū cognoſce •• s eo • . &c.With right lytell inſtruction For it is an auncyent brute Suche apple tre • ſuche frute What ſhulde I proſecute Or more of this to clatter Retourne we to our matter. Sublimius equo aucupī • guni. &c.¶ ye ſoored ouer hye In the Ierarchy Of Iouenyans hereſy your names to magnifye Among the ſcabbed ſkyes Cōnenio vos o wichl • ftifte.Of wycliffes fleſſ he flyes ye ſtrynged ſo Luthers lute That ye dawns all in a ſute The heritykes ragged ray That bringes you out of the way Of holy churches lay ye ſhayle / inter enigmata And inter paradigmata Marked in your cradels To beare fagottes for babyls And yet ſome men ſay Howe ye are this day And be nowe as yll And ſo ye wyll be ſtyll As ye were before What ſhulde I recken more. ¶ Men haue you in ſuſpicion Howe ye haue ſmall contrycion Of that ye haue myſwrought Cōuenio vos o verboſi Sophiſte &c.For if it were well ſought One of you there was That laughed whan he dyd pas With his fagot in proceſſyon He counted it for no correction But with ſcornefull affection Toke it for a ſporte His hereſy to ſupporte Where at a thouſande gaſed As people halfe a maſed And thought in hym ſmale grace His foly ſo to face. ¶ Some iuged in this caſe your penaunce toke no place your penaunce was to lyght Cōuenio vos o diabolic • dogma • ſte &cAnd thought / if ye had right ye ſhulde take further payne To reſorte agayne To places where ye haue preched And your lollardy lernyng teched And there to make relacion In open predycacion And knowlege your offence Before open audyence Howe falſely ye had ſurmyſed And deuyllyſſhely deuyſed The people to ſeduce And chaſe them thorowe the muſe Of your noughty counſell To hunt them in to hell With blowyng out your hornes Full of mockyſſhe ſcornes With chatyng and rechatyng And your buſy pratyng Sūt pl • tiqui 〈◊〉 ſed • on a 〈…〉 contu •••• • euec 〈7 letters〉 &c.Of the goſpell and the pyſtels ye pyke out many thyſtels And bremely with your briſtels ye cobble and ye clout Holy ſcripture ſo about That people are in great dout And feare / leeſt they be out Of all good Chriſten order Thus all thyng ye diſorder Thorowe out euery bordr. ¶ It had ben moche better ye had neuer lerned letter Cōuenio vo • male docti logiſte. &c.For your ignorance is gretter I make you faſt and ſure Than all your lytterature: ye are but lydder logici But moche worſe Iſagogici For ye haue enduced a ſecte With hereſy all infecte Wherfore ye are well checte And by holy churche correcte And in maner as abiecte For euermore ſuſpecte And banyſſhed in effect From all honeſt company Bycauſe ye haue eaten a flye To your great vyllony That neuer more may dye. ¶ Come forthe ye pope holy Full of melancoly Cōuenio vo • o. Ipocriſe &c.your madde Ipocriſy And your idioſy And your vayne glorie Haue made you eate the flye Pufte full of hereſy To preche it Idolatry Who ſo dothe magnifye That glorious mayde Mary Maledictio mariana deſcendat ſup capita veſtra. o / heretici cretici frenetici &c.That glorious mayde and mother So was there neuer another But that Princeſſe alone To whom we are bounde echone The ymage of her grace To reuerence in euery place ¶ I ſaye ye braynleſſe beeſtes Why iangle you ſuche ieſtes In your diuynite Of Luthers affynite Cōuenio vo • o • Machomitani. &c.To the people of lay fee Rayſyng in your rages To worſhyppe none ymages Nor do pylgrymages I ſaye ye deuyllyſſhe pages Full of ſuche dottages Count ye your ſelfe good clerkes And ſnapper in ſuche werkes. ¶ Saynt Gregorie and ſaynt Ambroſe ye haue reed them I ſuppoſe Saynt Ierome and ſaynt Auſten With other many holy men Cōuenio vo • o / demoninet meridiani. &c.Saynt Thomas de Aqu • no With other doctours many mo Whiche / de (Latria) do trete They ſaye howe (Latria) is an honour grete Belongyng to the deite To this ye nedes muſt agre But I trowe your ſelfe ye ouer ſe What longeth to Chriſtes humanyte nota de latria Hiꝑdulia / dulia / quid ꝑ ſancte • anxitū eſt Cōſtātinopoli ab ecc • ia catholica et apoſtolica ite rum in frīgere (quid hoc ſibi vult) faſciculū con ſul • te inflāmatum. &c.If ye haue reed / de (Hiperdulia) Than ye knowe what betokeneth (Dulia) Than ſhall ye fynde it fyrme and ſtable And to our faithe moche agreable To worſhyppe ymages of ſayntes Wherfore make ye no mo reſtrayntes But mende your myndes that are maſed Or els doutleſſe ye ſhalbe blaſed And be brent at a ſtake If further buſyneſſe that ye make O. medici mediam pertundite venam.Therfore I vyſe you to forſake Of Hereſy the deuyllyſſhe ſcoles And crye godmercy lyke frantyke foles.
¶ Tantum pro ſecundo. ¶ Peroratio ad nuper abiuratos quoſdam Hipoteticos hereticos. &c. AVdite viri Iſmaelite (non dico) Iſraelite Audite (inquā) viri madionite / aſcolonite Amonite / Gabionite / Audite verba que loquar. ¶ Opus Euangelii eſt cibus perfectorum. Sed quia non eſtis / de genere bonorum (Qui cateriſatis categorias / Cacodemoniorum) E R G O. ¶ Et reliqual veſtra problemata. Scemata. Dilemata. Sinto anathemata. Ineluctabile argumentum. Eſt.

¶ A cōfutacion reſponſyue / or an ineuytably prepenſed anſwere / to all way warde or frowarde al / tercacyons / that can or may be made or obiected agaynſt Skelton laureate / deuyſer of this Replycacyon. &c.

WHy fall ye at debate With Skelton Laureate Reputyng hym vnable To gainſay replycable Opinyons deteſtable Lota crra • via ſ • docto • poeta • ( • lli • autem non de ſunt cariſmata) argu • o de inſcitia. h. il.Of Hereſy execrable ye ſaye that Poetry Maye nat flye ſo hye In Theology Nor Analogy Nor Philology Nor Philoſophy To anſwere or reply Agaynſt ſuche Hereſy. Would ret et propheta ꝑ di uſi Hierony • ſ •••• a ••• enl •• 〈◊〉 in n • bil • catalogo poe ta • ſi l ••• o • u / vt 〈◊〉 ifra &c. hec • l.Wherfore by and by Nowe conſequently I call to this rekenyng Dauyd that royall kyng Whom Hieronymus That doctour glorious Dothe bothe write and call Uos igif omnes irriſores / contēptores que poetarū erubeſcite eū ignominoſa verecundia eriticioſa que cōfuſlo operiat facies veſtras. hecil.Poete of poetes all And Prophete princypall Thus may nat be remorded For it is wele recorded In his pyſtell ad Paulinum Preſbytarum diuinum Where worde for worde ye may Rede / what Ierome there dothe ſay.

DAuid (inquit) Siphonides nr̄ / Pindarꝰ et Alcheus / Flaccus quo que / Catullus / at que Serenus / Chriſtū lira perſonat / et in decachordo pſalterio ab inferis excitat reſurgētem. Hec Hier̄.

¶ The Englyſſhe. ¶ Kyng Dauid the ꝓphete / of ꝓphetes pricipall Of poetes chefe poete / ſait Ierome dothe wright Reſembled to Symphonides / that poete lyricall Among the Grekes / moſt relucent of lyght In that faculte: whiche ſhyned as Phebus bright Lyke to Pyndarus / in glorious poetry Lyke vnto Alcheus / he dothe hym magnify. ¶ Flaccus nor Catullus / wt hym may nat cōpare Nor ſolempne Serenus / for all his armony In metricall muſes / his harpyng we may ſpare For Dauyd our poete / harped ſo meloudiouſly Of our ſauy our Chriſt / in his decacorde pſautry That at his reſurrection / he harped out of hell Olde patriarkꝭ & prophetꝭ / ī heuen whim to dwell
¶ Returne we to our former proceſſe. THan / if this noble kyng Thus can harpe and ſyng With his harpe of prophecy And ſpyrituall poetry As ſaynt Ierome ſaythe To whom we muſt gyue faythe Warblyng with his ſtrynges Of ſuche Theologicall thynges Why haue ye than diſdayne Fama matricul • ta. i. ſcripta in quad • cartula imortalitatio et ſee dula g •• e in • arceſciblis &c. b. ilAt poetes. And complayne Howe poetes do but fayne. ye do moche great outrage For to diſparage And to diſcorage The fame matryculate Of poetes laureate. For if ye ſadly loke And weſely rede the boke Of good aduertyſement With me ye muſt conſent And infallibly agre Energis grece latine ef •• cax operatio. In • no que quo dam ſpiritus impulſu inopt nabiliter ougi nata. &c.Of neceſſyte Howe there is a ſpyrituall And amyſteriall And amyſticall Effecte Energiall As Grekes do it call Of ſuche an induſtry And ſuche a pregnacy Of heuenly inſpyracion In laureate creacyon Eſt delis ī no bis agſrāri caleſtianto illo ſedibus ei he rils ſpſis •• e venit. h. Qui.Of poctes cōmendacion That of diuyne myſeracion God maketh his habytacion In Poetes whiche excelles And ſoiourns with them and dwelles Dona dei car men nitidū facundia p̄ • iās. Wittitur er aſtris a ſuperis que dat. hec Bapt. Wan.¶ By whoſe inſlammacion Of ſpyrituall inſlygacion And diuyne inſpyracion We are kyndled in ſuche facyon With hete of the Holygoſt Whiche is god of myghtes moſt That he our penne dothe lede Larda neſcit molymina ſpiritus ſācti gr̄a hec Dierony.And maketh in vs ſuche ſpede That forth with we muſt nede With penne ano yuke procede Somtyme for affection Somtyme for ſadde dyrection Somtyme for correction Somtyme vnder protection Lingua mea calamus ſcribe velociter ſcribenti • . h. pſal.Of pacient ſufferance With ſobre cyrcumſtance Our myndes to auaunce To no mannes anoyance Therfore no grenance I pray you for to take In this that I do make Agaynſt theſe frenetykes Agaynſt theſe lunatykes Agaynſt theſe Syſmatykes Agaynſt theſe Heretykes No we of late abiured Moſt vnhappely vred For be ye wele aſſured That Frenſy nor Ielouſy Nor Hereſy. wyll neuer dye.

D I X I.

¶ Iniquis. Nolite ini que agere / et delinquentibus. Nolite exaltare.Hee pſalmiſta.

C O R N V.

¶ Tantum pro tertio.

¶ De raritate poetarum / de que Gimnoſophiſtarū Philoſophorū / Theologorū / ceterorum que eruditorū. Infinita numeroſitate Skel. L. Epitoma.

SVnt infiniti. Sunt innumeri que Sophiſte Sunt infiniti / ſunt innumeri que Logiſte Innumeri ſunt Philoſophi / ſunt Theologi que Que ſunt to too ſo • iabus ſlcut • chates. h. Gag. &cSunt infiniti Doctores / ſunt que Magiſtri. Innumeri: ſed ſunt pauci / Rari que Poete. Hinc omne eſt rarum carum / Reorergo Poetas. Ante alios omnes diuino flamine flatos Sic Plato diuinat. Diuinatſic que Socrates.Lege Valer • um Warimū de iſ • gni vene rauone po • t • rum. Sic magnus Macedo / ſic Ceſar maximꝰ Heros Romanus / celebres ſemper coluere Poeta.

¶ Thus endeth the Replicacyon of Skel. L. &c. Imprited by Richard Pynſon / printer to the kyngꝭ moſt noble grace.

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