This book presents a collection of works of John Skelton, the first great modern English poet, who wrote in a vigorous vernacular, taking literary English out of the medieval world and enriching it with new forms and tones.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1843.

Introduction. -- Texts: Bowge of courte. -- Phyllyp Sparowe. -- Colyn Cloute. -- Why come ye nat to courte? -- Notes. -- Glossary.