Sic Plato divinat, divinat sicque Socrates;
Lege Valerium Maximum de insigni veneratione poetarum.
Sic magnus Macedo, sic Cæsar, maximus heros
Romanus, celebres semper coluere poeta.
Thus endeth the Replicacyon of Skel. L. &c.
[768] Honorificatissimo, &c.] The portion of this piece given on the present page forms the title-page of the original edition by Pynson, n. d.
[769] suæ] Ed. “tuæ.” (Compare p. 179, l. 1., where Skelton uses “sua” for “ejus.”)
[770] enbolned] Ed. “enbolmed.”
[771] idolatria] For “idololatria:” see Du Cange in v.
[772] Ye are vnhappely vred] On the punctuation of this passage, see notes.