TETRASTICHON VERITATIS.
Felix qui bustum formasti,[698] rex, tibi cuprum;
Auro si tectus fueras, fueras spoliatus,
Nudus, prostratus, tanta est rabiosa cupido
Undique nummorum: rex, pace precor requiescas. Amen.
[698] formasti] So Reges, &c. Marshe’s ed. “torniasti.”
SKELTON LAUREATE AGAINST THE SCOTTES.[699]
Agaynst the prowde Scottes clatterynge,