Tudor Verse Satire

This volume brings together examples of English verse satire written during the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, interpreting satire widely to include reflective poems modelled on Horace, ''aggressive'' poems modelled on Juvenal, and poems in the native or medieval tradition. There are substantial extracts from the anonymous Cock Lorell''s Boat, Skelton''s Colin Clout and Spenser''s Mother...