Quot cœli stellæ, quot sunt et[680] in orbe puellæ,
Quot sancti Romæ, quot sunt miracula Thomæ,
Quot sunt virtutes, tantas tibi[681] mitto salutes.
[674] Salve plus, &c.] From Marshe’s ed. of Skelton’s Workes, 1568, (where it is printed on the reverse of the title-page), collated with a copy in Additional MSS. Brit. Mus. (4787, fol. 224), which is headed “Ex Jo. Skeltono Poeta Laureato.”
[675] quam] So MS. In Marshe’s ed. a contraction, which the Editor of 1736 resolved into “quot.”
[676] generum species] MS. “species generum.”
[677] prati] MS. “pratis.”
[678] et] Not in Marshe’s ed.
[679] et] Not in Marshe’s ed.
[680] et] Not in Marshe’s ed.