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Skelton, John

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Early English satirist, his chief poetic works being "Why come ye not to Courte," a satire against Wolsey; the "Book of Colin Clout," against the corruption of the Church; and the "Book of Phyllyp Sparrow," the grief of a nun for the death of her sparrow; Erasmus calls him "the glory and light of English letters" (1460?-1528).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Skelton, John'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/skelton-john.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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