The Poetical Works of John Skelton, Volume 1 (of 2)

Volume 2 — OWT OF LATYNE INTO ENGLYSSHE.

Reading edition

Justyce now is dede; Trowth with a drowsy hede, As heuy as the lede, Is layd down to slepe, And takith[1877] no kepe; And Ryght is ouer the fallows[1878] Gone to seke hallows, With Reason together,[1879] No man can tell whether: No man wyll[1880] vndertake 10 The first twayne to wake;[1881] And the twayne last Be withholde so fast With mony, as men sayne, They can not come agayne. A grant tort, Foy dort.[1882]

Here endith a ryght delectable tratyse vpon a goodly Garlonde or Chapelet of Laurell, dyuysed by mayster Skelton, Poete Laureat.

END OF VOL. I.

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Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · takith] Marshe’s ed. “bidythe.”Note 2 · ouer the fallows] Marshe’s ed. “euer fallows.”Note 3 · together] Marshe’s ed. “togidder.”Note 4 · wyll] Marshe’s ed. “woll.”Note 5 · wake] Marshe’s ed. “awake.”Note 6 · A grant tort, Foy dort] Not in Marshe’s ed.