TY - JOUR
AU - B. H. N.,
AB - MARCH 19, 1938. NOTES AND QUERIES. BYWOOD'S ' THE FOURE PP ' : A Readers' Queries. DEBT TO SKELTON. — Some evi- dence of the influence of John Skel- ton upon John Heywood has already DRITISH PRECIOUS STOXES.-Drayton been recorded by literary historians. Previous •L) ('Poly-Olbion,' iv. 191-200) has: criticism has shown that Skelton!6 influence And as Loegria spares not any thing "of worth •affected Heywood's satiric spirit, probably That any way might set her goodly Rivers stimulated his interest in word-tricks and forth. identical beginnings for several successive As stones by nature cut from the Cornubian lines, and that Skelton'6 writings served as Strond; Her Derttnore sends them Pearle; Rock- the direct inspiration for Heywood's occa- vincent, Diamond: sional U6e of the rollicking short lines (gener- So Cambria, of her Nymphs especiall care ally known as Skeltonic or Skeltonical verse) will have. such as are found in his light-hearted descrip- For Conwy sends them Pearle to make them tion of the -woman in ' A Play of Love,' as wondrous brave; may be seen on pp. 11-12 of the Tudor Facsi- The sacredc Virgins-well, her mosse most mile Text, beginning Iflius : sweete and rare, Against infectious damps 
TI - BRITISH PRECIOUS STONES
JF - Notes and Queries
DA - 1938-03-19
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/british-precious-stones-rgSBhwfL03
SP - 205-c
EP - 206
VL - 174
IS - 12
DP - DeepDyve
ER -