Nov. 10. 1849.] 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
19 
a a es 
* Qui regis Hispanos, 
Superbos et vanos, 
Crudeles et insanos, 
Multim aberrasti, 
Cum tuos animasti, 
Et bellum inchoasti 
Contra Anglos animosos, 
Fortes et bellicosos, 
Nobiles et generosos. 
Qui te excitavit 
Proculdubio deliravit 
Et te fascinavit,” &e. 
The whole production consists only of ten 
leaves, 4to, and the Latin portion, which has 
the subsequent separate title-page, occupies 
four of them : — 
“« AD REGEM 
HISPANVM. 
Cum tua non fuerint heroica facta, Philippe, 
Risu digna cano carmine ridiculo.” 
I shall not here introduce any part of the 
English version, because one or two long 
quotations will be found in the introductory 
portion of the Rev. A. Dyce’s excellent edition 
of Skelton’s Works (2 vols. 8vo. 1843). Re- 
specting the Latin portion I have been more 
particular, because the learned editor was not 
aware that the production had come from the 
press of Barnes of Oxford, nor that a Latin 
version was appended to it. 
I may take the liberty of adding here a 
mention of Skelton which escaped notice, and 
which is from one of the tracts against ‘Thomas 
Nash, produced by Gabriel Harvey, the friend 
of Spenser. He couples Skelton‘and Scoggin 
together, in no very respectful manner, and 
completes the triumvirate by Nash, whom he 
here calls Signor Capriccio: —“* And what 
riott so pestiferous as that which in sugred 
baites presenteth most poisonous hookes? 
Sir Skelton and Master Scoggin were but 
innocents to Signior Capricio.” 
This quotation is the more noticeable, be- 
cause it recognises the sacred character of 
Skelton (however unworthy of the gown) in 
the prefix *“ Sir,” which, as most people are 
aware, was then generally given to clergy- 
men: Scoggin, on the other hand, is only 
styled “ Master Scoggin.” 
J. Payne Couier. 
[The preceding communication was already in 
type when we received the following from Mr. 
viton Corney, which we gladly print, inasmuch as 
it illustrates some points not touched upon by Mr. 
Collier.] 
QUERIES ANSWERED, No. |. 
It is not without some slight reluctance 
that I notice anonymous communications, but 
shall endeayour to repress such feelings with 
regard to the modest students who may choose 
to announce their desiderata through the con- 
venient channel of the “ NorEs AND QUERIES.” 
A hearty well-wisher to so commendable an en- 
terprise, shall have my first responsive scrap. 
The inquiry affords no scope for ingenuity 
of conjecture! The foolish rime to which 
bishop Aylmer refers, is undoubtedly the 
pamphlet thus entitled : — 
“ A Skeltonicall salutation, 
Or condigne gratulation, 
And iust vexation 
Of the Spanish nation, 
That in a bravado 
Spent many a crusado, 
In setting forth an armado 
England to invado.” 
‘Oxford, Joseph Barnes, 1589. 4to. 
“ A Skeltonicall salutation,” &c. 
Imprinted at London for Toby 
Cook, 1589. 4to. 
The Oxford edition is recorded by Ames, 
and there is a copy of the London edition in 
the British Museum. Strype, in his account 
of bishop Aylmer, gives the substance of the 
letter as his ow narrative, almost verbatim | 
—but fails to identify the pamphlet in ques- 
tion. Park briefly describes it in Censura 
Literaria 1814. ii. 18.; and there is a speci- 
men of it in The poetical works of John 
Skelton, as edited by the reverend Alexander 
Dyce, 1843. 
While queries evince a sharp mental appe- 
tite, answers help to satisfy it; and so, by 
their united influence, a brisk circulation of 
ideas may be produced — which, as master 
Burton assures us, wards off melancholy. 
Boron Corney. 
NOTES UPON “ NOTES, No. 1.” 
Sir, —I take the liberty to send you one or 
two Notes on your first Number, just as they 
occur to me in looking it over. I will not 
trespass on you by preface or apology. 
The “ bibliographic project” I shall rejoice 
