Laureat to be
Of fame royall;
Whose name enrolde
With silke and golde
I dare be bolde
Thus for to were,”[35] &c.
In the following passage Barclay perhaps glances at Skelton, with whom (as will afterwards be shewn) he was on unfriendly terms;
“But of their writing though I ensue the rate,
No name I chalenge of Poete laureate:
That name vnto them is mete and doth agree