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Skelton Laureat vppon a deedmans hed that was sent to hym from an honorable Ientyll woman for a token Deuysyd this gostly medytacyon in Englysh Couenable in sentence Comendable Lamentable Lacrymable Profytable for the soule	A
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Youre vgly tokyn	B
My mynd hath brokyn	B
From worldly lust	C
For I haue dyscust	C
We ar but dust	C
And dy we must	C
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It is generall	A
To be mortall	A
I haue well espyde	C
No man may hym hyde	C
From deth holow eyed	C
With synnews wyderyd	C
With bonys shyderyd	C
With hys worme etyn maw	D
And hys gastly Iaw	E
Gaspyng asyde	C
Nakyd of hyde	C
Neyther flesh nor fell	A
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Then by my councell	A
Loke that ye spell	A
Well thys gospell	A
For wher so we dwell	A
Deth wyll vs quell	A
And with vs mell	A
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For all oure pamperde paunchys	F
Ther may no fraunchys	F
Nor worldly blys	F
Redeme vs from this	F
Oure days be datyd	C
To be chek matyd	C
With drawttys of deth	G
Stoppyng oure breth	G
Oure eyen synkyng	H
Oure bodys stynkyng	H
Oure gummys grynnyng	H
Oure soulys brynnyng	H
To whom then shall we sew	F
For to haue rescew	F
But to swete Iesu	F
On vs then for to rew	I
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O goodly chyld	C
Of Mary mylde	C
Then be oure shylde	C
That we be not exylyd	C
To the dyne dale	A
Of boteles bale Nor to the lake	H
Of fendys blake	H
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But graunt vs grace	F
To se thy face	F
And to purchace	F
Thyne heuenly place	F
And thy palace	F
Full of solace	F
Aboue the sky	H
That is so hy	H
Eternally	A
To beholde and se	F
The Trynyte	C
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Amen	B

John Skelton

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