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

Volume 2 — TETRASTICHON[211] SKELTON. LAUREATI AD MAGISTRUM RUKSHAW, SACRÆ THEOLOGIÆ EGREGIUM PROFESSOREM.

Reading edition

TETRASTICHON[211] SKELTON. LAUREATI AD MAGISTRUM RUKSHAW, SACRÆ THEOLOGIÆ EGREGIUM PROFESSOREM.

Accipe nunc demum, doctor celeberrime Rukshaw, Carmina, de calamo quæ cecidere[212] meo; Et quanquam[213] placidis non sunt modulata camenis,[214] Sunt tamen ex nostro pectore prompta pio. Vale feliciter, virorum laudatissime.

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · Tetrastichon, &c.] Follows the elegy on the Earl of Northumberland both in Marshe’s ed. and in the MS.Note 2 · cecidere] Marshe’s ed. and MS. “occidere.”Note 3 · quanquam] Marshe’s ed. and MS. “quaqua.”Note 4 · camenis] So MS. Marshe’s ed. “carmenis.”