So am I preuentid of my brethern tweyne
In rendrynge to you thankkis meritory,
That welny[1593] nothynge there doth remayne 430
Wherwith to geue you my regraciatory,
But that I poynt you to be prothonatory[1594]
Of Fames court, by all our holl assent
Auaunced by Pallas to laurell preferment.
Poeta Skelton answeryth.
So haue ye me far passynge my meretis extollyd,
Mayster Lidgate, of your accustomable