In ryming and raylyng with hym for to mell,
For drede that he lerne them there A, B, C, to spell.
Poeta Skelton.
Fama repleta malis pernicibus[1854] evolat alis, &c.
With that I stode vp, halfe sodenly afrayd;
Suppleyng to Fame, I besought her grace,
And that it wolde please her, full tenderly I prayd,
Owt of her bokis Apollo to rase. 1480
Nay, sir, she sayd, what so in this place
Of our noble courte is ones spoken owte,