Skelton - Why Come Ye Nat to Courte? Flashcards
(6 cards)
“All noble men…”
“All noble men of this take hede, / And beleve it as your crede
To hasty of sentence,
To ferce for none offence,
To scarce of your expence,
To large in neglygence”
“For wyll…”
“There is no man…”
“For wyll doethe rule all thynge, / Wyll, wyll, wyll, wyll, wyll”
“There is no man but one… / All that he doethe is right, / As right as a cammocke croked”
“With scutis…”
“With scutis and scrownes of gold / I dread we are bought and sold… / At the Cardynals hat”
“In the Chambre…”
“In the Chambre of Starres / All maters there he marres… / No man dare Speke a worde”
“The Sygne…”
“The Sygne of the Cardinall Hat, / That inne, is now shyt up, / With ‘Gup, hore, gup!”
“Whyle the red…”
“But speke ye…”
“Whyle the red hat doth endure, / He maketh himself cock sure”
“But speke ye no more of that, / For dread of the red hat”
