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

APOSTROPHA AD[252] LONDINI CIVES (CITANTE[253] MULUM ASINO AUREO GALERATO) IN OCCURSUM ASELLI,[254] &c.

Reading edition

APOSTROPHA AD[252] LONDINI CIVES (CITANTE[253] MULUM ASINO AUREO GALERATO) IN OCCURSUM ASELLI,[254] &c.

Excitat, en,[255] asinus mulum,[256] mirabile visu, Calcibus! O vestro cives occurrite asello, Qui regnum regemque regit, qui vestra gubernat Prædia, divitias, nummos, gazas, spoliando!

Dixit alludens, immo illudens, paradoxam de asino aureo galerato.

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Hæc vates ille, De quo loquuntur mille.

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · ad] Eds. “an.”Note 2 · citante] Eds. “citanto” and “citando.”Note 3 · aselli] Eds. “aguile:” compare the second line. The Editor of 1736 printed “asini.”Note 4 · en] Eds. “eu.”Note 5 · mulum] Other eds. “multum.”