Social Commentaries

Owt of Latyne into Englysshe

by John Skelton c. 1463–1529

From Poetical Works, ed. Dyce (1843)

Social Commentaries

Justyce now is dede;
Trowth with a drowsy hede,
As heuy as the lede,
Is layd down to slepe,
And takith no kepe;
And Ryght is ouer the fallows
Gone to seke hallows,
With Reason together,
No man can tell whether:
No man wyll vndertake
The first twayne to wake;
And the twayne last
Be withholde so fast
With mony, as men sayne,
They can not come agayne.

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Skelton, John. “Owt of Latyne into Englysshe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/skelton/35/.

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Skelton, John. “Owt of Latyne into Englysshe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/skelton/35/.

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