To shew her boke; and she sayd, Here it is.
The Quene of Fame to Occupacioun.
Yowre boke[1777] of remembrauns we will now that ye rede;
If ony[1778] recordis in noumbyr can be founde, 1150
What Skelton hath compilid and wryton in dede
Rehersyng by ordre, and what is the grownde,
Let se now for hym how ye can expounde;
For in owr courte, ye wote wele, his name can not[1779] ryse
But if he wryte oftenner than ones or twyse.
Skelton Poeta.