The Poetical Works of John Skelton, Volume 1 (of 2)
Part 8
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_Scogan and Skelton_, 1600, a play by Richard Hathwaye and William Rankins, is mentioned in Henslowe’s MSS.: see Malone’s _Shakespeare_ (by Boswell), iii. 324.
Notices of Skelton may also be found in:—
_A Dialogue bothe pleasaunt and pietifull, wherein is a godlie regiment against the Feuer Pestilence, with a consolation and comforte againste death. Newlie corrected by William Bullein, the authour thereof._ 1573, 8vo. Of this piece I have seen only the above ed.: but it appeared originally in 1564. It contains notices of several poets, introduced by way of interlude or diversion in the midst of a serious dialogue; and (at p. 17) Skelton is described as sitting “in the corner of a Piller, with a frostie bitten face, frownyng,” and “writyng many a sharpe Disticons” against Wolsey—
“How the Cardinall came of nought, And his Prelacie solde and bought,” &c.
(15 verses chiefly made up from Skelton’s works).—_The Rewarde of Wickednesse, discoursing the sundrye monstrous abuses of wicked and vngodly Wordelings_, &c. _Newly compiled by Richard Robinson, seruaunt in householde to the right honorable Earle of Shrewsbury_, &c. 4to, n. d. (The Address to the Reader dated 1574), at sig. Q 2.—_A Discourse of English Poetrie_, &c., _By William Webbe, Graduate_, 1586, 4to, at sig. c iii.—_The Arte of English Poesie_, &c. (attributed to one Puttenham: but see D’Israeli’s _Amen. of Lit._ ii. 278, sqq.), 1589, 4to, at pp. 48, 50, 69.—_Fovre Letters, and certaine Sonnets: Especially touching Robert Greene_, &c. (by Gabriell Harvey), 1592, 4to, at p. 7.—_Pierces Supererogation or a New Prayse of the Old Asse_, &c. [by] _Gabriell Haruey_, 1593, 4to, at p. 75.—_Palladis Tamia. Wits Treasvry Being the Second part of Wits Commonwealth. By Francis Meres_, &c., 1598, 12mo, at p. 279.—_Virgidemiarvm. The three last Bookes. Of byting Satyres_ (by Joseph Hall), 1598, 12mo, at p. 83.—_The Downfall of Robert Earle of Huntington, Afterward called Robin Hood of merrie Sherwodde_, &c. (by Anthony Munday), 1601, 4to. In this play, which is supposed to be a rehearsal previous to its performance before Henry the Eighth, Skelton acts the part of Friar Tuck.—In _The Death of Robert, Earle of Hvntington_, &c. (by Anthony Munday and Henry Chettle), 1601, 4to, which forms a Second Part to the drama just described, Skelton, though his name is not mentioned throughout it, is still supposed to act the Friar.—_Miscellanea_, written out by “Joħnes Mauritius” between 1604 and 1605—_MS. Reg. 12. B._ v.—contains (at fol. 14), and attributes to Skelton, a well-known indelicate _jeu d’esprit._—_Pimlyco, or Runne Red-Cap._ _Tis a mad world at Hogsdon_, 1609, 4to. Besides a notice of Skelton, this poem contains two long quotations from his _Elynour Rummyng_.—_Cornv-copiæ. Pasquils Night-Cap: Or Antidot for the Head-ache_ (by Samuel Rowlands), 1612, 4to, at sig. O 2 and sig. Q 3. The second notice of Skelton in this poem is as follows;
“And such a wondrous troupe the Hornpipe treads, One cannot passe another for their heads, That shortly we shall haue (_as Skelton iests_) A greater sort of horned men than beasts:”
but I recollect nothing in his works to which the allusion can be applied.—_An Halfe-pennyworth of Wit, in a Penny-worth of Paper. Or, The Hermites Tale. The third Impression._ 1613, 4to. At p. 16 of this poem is a tale said to be “in Skeltons rime”—to which, however, it bears no resemblance.—_The Shepheards Pipe_ (by Browne and Withers), 1614, 12mo, in Eglogue i., at sig. C 7.—_Hypercritica; or A Rule of Judgment for writing, or reading our History’s_, &c. _By Edmund Bolton, Author of Nero Cæsar_ (published by Dr. Anthony Hall together with _Nicolai Triveti Annalium Continuatio_, &c.), 1722, 8vo, at p. 235. At what period Bolton wrote this treatise is uncertain: he probably completed it about 1618; see Haslewood’s Preface to _Anc. Crit. Essays_, &c. ii. xvi.—_Poems: By Michael Drayton Esqvire_, n. d. folio, at p. 283.—_The Golden Fleece Diuided into three Parts_, &c., _by Orpheus Junior_ [Sir William Vaughan], 1626, 4to, at pp. 83, 88, 93, of the Third Part. In this piece “Scogin and _Skelton_” figure as “the chiefe Aduocates for the Dogrel Rimers by the procurement of Zoilus, Momus, and others of the Popish Sect.”—_The Fortunate Isles, and their Union. Celebrated in a Masque designed for the Court, on the Twelfth-night_, 1626, by Ben Jonson. In this masque are introduced “Skogan and _Skelton_, in like habits as they lived:” see Jonson’s _Works_, viii. ed. Gifford: see also his _Tale of a Tub_ (licensed 1633), _Works_, vi. 231.—_Wit and Fancy In a Maze. Or the Incomparable Champion of Love and Beautie. A Mock-Romance_, &c. _Written originally in the British Tongue, and made English by a person of much Honor. Si foret in terris rideret Democritus._[148] 1656, 12mo. In this romance (p. 101) we are told that “[In Elysium] the Brittish Bards (forsooth) were also ingaged in quarrel for Superiority; and who think you threw the Apple of Discord amongst them, but Ben Johnson, who had openly vaunted himself the first and best of English Poets ... _Skelton_, Gower, and the Monk of Bury were at Daggers-drawing for Chawcer:” and a marginal note on “Skelton” informs us that he was “Henry 4. his Poet Lawreat, who wrote disguises for the young Princes”!
[148] Such is the title-page of the copy now before me: but some copies (see _Restituta_, iv. 196) are entitled _Don Zara del Fogo_, &c. 1656; and others _Romancio-Mastix, or a Romance of Romances_, &c. _By Samuel Holland. Gent._ 1660.
APPENDIX II.
LIST OF EDITIONS, &c.
_Here begynneth a lytell treatyse named the bowge of courte._
Colophon,
_Thus endeth the Bowge of courte. Enprynted at Westmynster By me Wynkyn the Worde._ 4to, n. d.
On the title-page is a woodcut of a fox and a bear.
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_Here begynneth a lytell treatyse named the bowge of courte._
Colophon,
_Thus endeth the Bowge of courte Enprynted at London By Wynken de Worde in flete strete, at the sygne of the sonne._ 4to, n. d.
On the title-page is a woodcut of three men and a woman.
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_Here folowythe dyuers Balettys and dyties solacyous deuysyd by Master Skelton Laureat._
Colophon,
_Cum priuilegio_.
4to, n. d., and without printer’s name, but evidently from the press of Pynson. (Consisting of 4 leaves.)
On the title-page is a woodcut representing Skelton seated in his study, crowned with a laurel wreath, and over his head, “Arboris omne genus viridi concedite lauro” (see _Memoir_, p. xlvi. note).
It contains—
The ballad, “My darlyng dere, my daysy floure,” &c.
The verses, “The auncient acquaintance, madam, betwen vs twayne,” &c.
The verses, “Knolege, acquayntance, resort, fauour with grace,” &c.
The Latin verses, “Cuncta licet cecidisse putas,” &c., with an English translation, “Though ye suppose,” &c.
The verses, “Go, pytyous hart, rasyd with dedly wo,” &c.
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_Skelton Laureate agaynste a comely Coystrowne that curyowsly chawntyd And curryshly cowntred, And madly in hys Musykkys mokkyshly made, Agaynste the .ix. Musys of polytyke Poems & Poettys matryculat._
Colophon,
_Cum priuilegio_.
4to, n. d., and without printer’s name, but evidently from the press of Pynson. (Consisting of 4 leaves.)
On the title-page is a woodcut, the same as in the last mentioned tract, but with a different border.
It contains—
The verses mentioned in the title-page.
“Contra aliū Cātitātē & Organisantē Asinum, qui impugnabat Skeltonida pierium Sarcasmos.”
“Skelton Laureat uppon a deedmans hed yᵗ was sent to hym from an honorable Jētyllwoman for a token Deuysyd this gostly medytacyon in Englysh Couenable in sentence Comēdable, Lamētable, Lacrymable, Profytable for the soule.”
The verses, “Womanhod, wanton, ye want,” &c.
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_Honorificatissimo, Amplissimo, longeque reuerendissimo in Christo patri: Ac domino, domino Thomæ &c. Tituli sanctæ Ceciliæ, sacrosanctæ; Romanæ ecclesiæ presbytero Cardinali meritissimo, et Apostolicæ sedis legato. A latereque legato superillustri &c. Skeltonis laureatus Ora, reg. Humillimum, dicit obsequium cum omni debita reuerentia, tanto tamque magnifico digna principe sacerdotum, totiusque iustitiæ equabilissimo moderatore. Necnon presentis opusculi fautore excellentissimo &c. Ad cuius auspicatissimam contemplationem, sub memorabili prelo gloriose immortalitatis presens pagella felicitatur &c._
_A replycacion agaynst certayne yong scolers, abiured of late &c._
_Argumentum._
_Crassantes nimium, Nimium sterilesque labruscas_ _(Vinea quas domini sabaot non sustinet ultra_ _Laxius expandi) nostra est resecare uoluntas._
_Cum priuilegio a rege indulto._
Colophon,
_Thus endeth the Replicacyon of Skel. L. &c. Imprinted by Richard Pynson, printer to the kynges most noble grace._ 4to, n. d.
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_A ryght delectable tratyse vpon a goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell by mayster Skelton Poete laureat studyously dyuysed at Sheryfhotton Castell. In yᵉ foreste of galtres, wher in ar cōprysyde many & dyuers solacyons & ryght pregnant allectyues of syngular pleasure, as more at large it doth apere in yᵉ proces folowynge._
Colophon,
_Here endith a ryght delectable tratyse vpon a goodly garlonde or chapelet of laurell dyuysed by mayster Skelton Poete laureat_.
_Inpryntyd by me Rycharde faukes dwellydg_ [sic] _in durā rent or els in Powlis chyrche yarde at the sygne of the A.B.C. The yere of our lorde god .M.CCCCC.XXIII._ _The .iii. day of Octobre_, 4to.
On the title-page is a woodcut representing Skelton seated in his study, and on the reverse of the title-page a woodcut (copied from a French print—see _Memoir_, p. xlvii. note),—a whole-length figure of a man holding a branch in one hand and a flower in the other,—having at top the words “Skelton Poeta,” and at bottom the following verses;
_Eterno mansura die dum sidera fulgent_ _Equora dumq; tument hec laurea nostra virebit._ _Hinc nostrum celebre et nomē referetur ad astra_ _Vndiq; Skeltonis memorabitur altera donis [alter Adonis]._
On the reverse of A ii. are small woodcuts of “The quene of Fame” and “Dame Pallas.” After the colophon is the device of the printer, “Richard Fakes.”
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_Magnyfycence, A goodly interlude and a mery deuysed and made by mayster Skelton poet laureate late deceasyd._
Colophon,
_Cum priuilegio_.
folio, n. d., and without printer’s name.
In a note, vol. i. 225, I have (following Ritson and others) stated positively that this ed. was “printed by Rastell:” I ought to have said, that in all probability it was from Rastell’s press.
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_Here after foloweth the boke of Phyllyp Sparowe compyled by mayster Skelton Poete Laureate._
Colophon,
_Prynted at London at the poultry by Rychard Kele_.
12mo, n. d. On reverse of the last leaf is a woodcut representing Phyllyp Sparowe’s tomb.
An edition by Kele, 4to, n. d., is mentioned in _Typogr. Antiq._ iv. 305, ed. Dibdin: but qy.?
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_Here after foloweth a litle booke of Phillyp Sparow, compiled by Mayster Skeltō Poete Laureate._
Colophon,
_Imprynted at London in paules churche yerde by Robert Toy_.
12mo, n. d. On reverse of the last leaf is the same woodcut as in the ed. last described.
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_Here after foloweth a litle boke of Phillip sparow. Compyled by mayster Skelton Poete Laureate._
Colophon,
_Imprinted at London in poules churchyard, at the sygne of the Sunne, by Antony Kitson_.
Colophon in some copies,
_Imprinted at London in poules churchyard at the sygne of the Lamb, by Abraham Weale_ [sic].
Colophon in some other copies,
_Imprinted at London in Foster-lane by Ihon Walley_.
12mo, n. d.
An edition _Imprinted at London in paules churche yerde by John Wyght_, with a woodcut of “Phyllyp Sparowes tomb” on the last page, is mentioned in _Typogr. Antiq._ iv. 379. ed. Dibdin.
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_Here after foloweth certaine bokes cōpyled by mayster Skeltō, Poet Laureat, whose names here after shall appere._
_Speake Parot._ _The death of the noble Prynce Kynge Edwarde the fourth._ _A treatyse of the Scottes._ _Ware the Hawke._ _The Tunnynge of Elynoure Rummyng._
Colophon,
_Thus endeth these lytle workes compyled by maister Skelton Poet Laureat_.
_Imprynted at London, in Crede Lane, by John Kynge and Thomas Marche_.
12mo, n. d.
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_Heare after foloweth certain bokes Compiled by Master Skelton, Poet Laureat, whose names here after doth appere._
(Enumeration of pieces as above.)
_Imprynted at London by Ihon Day._
Colophon,
_Thus endeth these litle works compiled by maister Skelton Poet Laureat_.
12mo, n. d.
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_Here after foloweth certayne bokes, cōpyled by mayster Skelton, Poet Laureat, whose names here after shall appere._
(Enumeration of pieces as above.)
_Printed at London by Richard Lant, for Henry Tab, dwelling in Pauls churchyard, at the sygne of Judith._
Colophon,
_Thus endethe these lytell workes compyled by mayster Skelton Poet Laureat. And prynted by Richard Lant, for Henry Tab, dwellyng in Poules churche yard at the sygne of Judith_.
12mo, n. d. On the fly-leaf of the copy which I used, but perhaps not belonging to it, was pasted a woodcut representing the author, with the words “Skelton Poet” (copied from Pynson’s ed. of _Dyuers Balettys_, &c., and the same as that on the reverse of the last leaf of Kele’s ed. of _Why come ye nat to Courte_).
An edition printed _for W. Bonham_, 1547, 12mo, is mentioned by Warton, _Hist. of E.P._ ii. 336 (note), ed. 4to.
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The various editions of these “certaine bokes” contain, besides the pieces specified on the title-page, the following poems—
“All noble men, of this take hede,” &c. [prefixed to the eds. of _Why come ye nat to Courte_.] “Howe euery thing must haue a tyme.” “Prayer to the Father of Heauen.” “To the seconde Person.” “To the Holy Ghost.”
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_Here after foloweth a litel boke called Colyn Cloute compyled by mayster Skelton poete Laureate._
_Quis cōsurgat mecū adversus malignantes, aut quis stabit mecū adversus operantes iniquitatem. Nemo domine._
Colophon,
_Imprinted at London by me Rycharde Kele dwellyng in the powltry at the long shop vnder saynt Myldredes chyrche_.
12mo, n. d.
An edition by Kele, 4to, n. d., is mentioned in _Typogr. Antiq._ iv. 305. ed. Dibdin: but qy.?
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_Here after foloweth a litle booke called Colyn Clout compiled by master Skelton Poete Laureate._
_Quis cōsurgat_, &c. (as above.)
Colophon,
_Inprinted at London in Paules Churche yarde at the Sygne of the Rose by Iohn Wyghte_.
12mo, n. d.
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_Here after foloweth a litle boke called Colyn Clout compiled by master Skelton Poete Laureate._
_Quis consurgat_, &c. (as above.)
Colophon,
_Imprynted at London in Paules Churche yarde at the Sygne of the Sunne by Anthony Kytson_.
Colophon in some copies,
_Imprynted at London in Paules Churche yarde at the Sygne of the Lambe by Abraham Veale_.
12mo, n. d.
An edition _Imprynted at London_ by —— [Thomas Godfray]. _Cum priuilegio regali_, is mentioned in _Typogr. Antiq._ iii. 71. ed. Dibdin.
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_Here after foloweth a lytell boke, whiche hath to name, Why come ye nat to courte, compyled by mayster Skelton poete Laureate._
Colophon,
_Imprinted at london by me Richard kele dwellīg in the powltry at the longe shop vnder saynt myldredes chyrch_.
12mo, n. d. On the reverse of the title-page is a woodcut representing two figures, one of them perhaps meant for Wolsey, the other headed “Skelton;” and on the reverse of the last leaf is a woodcut (copied from Pynson’s ed. of _Dyuers Balettys_, &c.) with the words “Skylton poyet.”
An edition by Kele, 4to, n. d., is mentioned in _Typogr. Antiq._ iv. 305. ed. Dibdin: but qy.?
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_Here after foloweth a little booke, whiche hath to name Whi come ye not to courte, compiled by mayster Skeltō Poete Laureate._
Colophon,
_Imprynted at London in Paules churche yarde at the Sygne of the Rose by John Wyght_.
12mo, n. d. On the reverse of the title-page is a woodcut, which I am unable to describe, because in the copy used by me it was much damaged as well as pasted over.
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_Here after foloweth a litle boke whyche hathe to name, whye come ye not to Courte. Compyled by mayster Skelton Poete Laureate._
Colophon,
_Imprynted at London in Poules church yard at the syne of the sunne by Anthony Kytson_.
Colophon in some copies,
_Imprynted at London in Poules church yard at the syne of the Lamb by Abraham Veale_.
Colophon in some other copies,
_Imprynted at London in Foster lane by John Wallye_.
12mo, n. d.
An edition, _Imprynted at London, in Paules church yarde at the Sygne of the Bell by Robert Toy_, is mentioned in _Typogr. Antiq._ iii. 576. ed. Dibdin.
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_Pithy pleasaunt and profitable workes of maister Skelton, Poete Laureate. Nowe collected and newly published. Anno 1568. Imprinted at London in Fletestreate, neare vnto saint Dunstones churche by Thomas Marshe._ 12mo.
On the reverse of the title-page are the Latin lines, “Salve, plus decies,” &c. (see vol. i. 177); next, Churchyard’s verses, “If slouth and tract of time,” &c. (see Appendix I. p. lxxvi.); and then the contents of the volume are thus enumerated;
“_Workes of Skelton newly collected by I.S. as foloweth._
1. The crowne of lawrel.
2. The bouge of court.
3. The duke of Albany.
4. Speake parrot.
5. Edward the fourth.
6. Against the Scottes. [Chorus de Dys contra Scottes, &c. Chorus de dis, &c. super triumphali victoria contra gallos, &c.]
7. Ware the hauke. [Libertas veneranda, &c. All noble men of this take hede, &c.]
8. Howe euery thinge must haue a time.
9. A prayer to the father of heauen.
10. To yᵉ second person.
11. To the holy ghost.
12. The tunning of Elinour Rumming.
13. The relucēt mirror.
14. Why come ye not to court.
15. Colyn Clout.
16. Philip sparowe.
17. Of a comly Coystrowne. [Contra alium Cantitātem & Organisantem Asinum, &c.]
18. Upō a deadmās heed.
19. To maistris Anne.
20. Of thre fooles.
21. En parlement a Paris.
22. Epitaphes of two knaues of dise. [Diligo rustincum, &c.]
23. Lamentation for Norwiche.
24. Against yᵉ Scottes [i. e. against Dundas].
25. Praise of yᵉ palmtre. [Diligo rusticum, &c.]
26. Bedel quōdā Belial.
27. The dolorus death of the Lord Percie Erle of Northumberlande. [Ad magistrum Rukshaw.]
28. Epitaphium Margarete countisse de Derbi.
29. Epita. Hen. septi.
30. Eulogium pro suorum temporum.
31. A parable by William Cornishe in yᵉ Fleete.
32. Against venemous tongues.
33. Of Calliope.
How the very dull poem (31) by William Cornishe came to be inserted in this collection, I know not: but I may just observe that it is found (with a better text) in _MS. Reg. 18. D_ ii. where it immediately precedes Skelton’s verses on the Death of the Earl of Northumberland.
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“Now synge we, as we were wont,” &c.—in an imperfect volume (or fragments of volumes) of black-letter _Christmas Carolles,—Bibliograph. Miscell._ (edited by the Rev. Dr. Bliss), 1813, 4to, p. 48.
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_The Maner of the World now a dayes—Imprinted at London in Flete Strete at the signe of the Rose Garland by W. Copland_, n. d.—known to me only from _Old Ballads_, 1840, edited by Mr. J.P. Collier for the Percy Society.
I now greatly doubt if this copy of verses be by Skelton: see Notes, vol. ii. 199.
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Concerning the comparatively modern edition of _Elynour Rummynge_, 1624, 4to (celebrated for the imaginary portrait of Elynour), see Notes, vol. ii. 152 sqq.
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Wood mentions as by Skelton (_Ath. Oxon._ i. 52. ed. Bliss)—
_Poetical Fancies and Satyrs_, Lond. 1512, oct.
Tanner mentions (_Biblioth._ p. 676)—
_Miseries of England under Henry vii._ Lond.... 4to. [Qy. is it the same piece as _Vox Populi, Vox Dei_?]
Warton mentions (_Hist. of E.P._ ii. 336, note, ed. 4to)—
A collection of Skelton’s pieces printed _for A. Scolocker_, 1582, 12mo.
Bliss mentions (add. to Wood’s _Ath. Oxon._ i. 53)—
A collection of Skelton’s pieces _printed_ in 12mo _by A. Scholoker_, n. d., and
Another _by John Wight_ in 8vo, 1588.
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Of Skelton’s drama, _The Nigramansir_, the following account is given by Warton:—
“I cannot quit Skelton, of whom I yet fear too much has been already said, without restoring to the public notice a play, or MORALITY, written by him, not recited in any catalogue of his works, or annals of English typography; and, I believe, at present totally unknown to the antiquarians in this sort of literature. It is, _The NIGRAMANSIR, a moral ENTERLUDE and a pithie written by Maister SKELTON laureate and plaid before the king and other estatys at Woodstoke on Palme Sunday_. It was printed by Wynkin de Worde in a thin quarto, in the year 1504.[149] It must have been presented before king Henry the seventh, at the royal manor or palace, at Woodstock in Oxfordshire, now destroyed. The characters are a Necromancer or conjuror, the devil, a notary public, Simonie, and Philargyria or Avarice. It is partly a satire on some abuses in the church; yet not without a due regard to decency, and an apparent respect for the dignity of the audience. The story, or plot, is the tryal of SIMONY and AVARICE: the devil is the judge, and the notary public acts as an assessor or scribe. The prisoners, as we may suppose, are found guilty, and ordered into hell immediately. There is no sort of propriety in calling this play the Necromancer: for the only business and use of this character, is to open the subject in a long prologue, to evoke the devil, and summon the court. The devil kicks the necromancer, for waking him so soon in the morning: a proof that this drama was performed in the morning, perhaps in the chapel of the palace. A variety of measures, with shreds of Latin and French, is used: but the devil speaks in the octave stanza. One of the stage-directions is, _Enter Balsebub with a Berde_. To make him both frightful and ridiculous, the devil was most commonly introduced on the stage wearing a visard with an immense beard. Philargyria quotes Seneca and saint Austin: and Simony offers the devil a bribe. The devil rejects her offer with much indignation: and swears by the _foule Eumenides_, and the hoary beard of Charon, that she shall be well fried and roasted in the unfathomable sulphur of Cocytus, together with Mahomet, Pontius Pilate, the traitor Judas, and king Herod. The last scene is closed with a view of hell, and a dance between the devil and the necromancer. The dance ended, the devil trips up the necromancer’s heels, and disappears in fire and smoke.” _Hist. of E.P._ ii. 360. ed. 4to.
[149] “My lamented friend Mr. William Collins, whose Odes will be remembered while any taste for true poetry remains, shewed me this piece at Chichester, not many months before his death: and he pointed it out as a veryrare and valuable curiosity. He intended to write the HISTORY OF THE RESTORATION OF LEARNING UNDER LEO THE TENTH, and with a view to that design, had collected many scarce books. Some few of these fell into my hands at his death. The rest, among which, I suppose, was this INTERLUDE, were dispersed.”
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In the _Garlande of Laurell_ (vol. i. 408, sqq.) Skelton enumerates many of his compositions which are no longer extant.
PIECES ATTRIBUTED TO SKELTON.