All his delight was to braule and to barke
Ageynst holy chyrche,[1800] the preste, and the clarke;
Etenim passer invenit sibi donum: Psalmo.
Of Phillip Sparow the lamentable fate,
The dolefull desteny, and the carefull chaunce,
Dyuysed by Skelton after the funerall rate;
Yet sum there be therewith that take greuaunce,
And grudge[1801] therat with frownyng countenaunce;
But what of that? hard it is to please all men;
Who list amende it, let hym set to his penne; 1260