15 Feb 2016
John Skelton’s “Speke Parrott”
English Language, John Skelton, Poetry
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The pronunciation of English 500 years ago was a trifle different. John Skelton entry in Wikipedia.
The “Katheryne incomporabyll” referred to would be Catherine of Aragon, Queen from June 1509 until May 1533.