OF THE

Early English Poets,

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED

AN HISTORICAL SKETCH

OF THE

• RISE AND PROGRESS

OF THE

ENGLISH POETRY AND LANGUAGE;

IN THREE VOLUMES.

BY GEORGE ELLIS, ESQ.

THE FOURTH EDITION CORRECTED.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR Longman, Hurst, Rees, ORME, AND

BROWN, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1811.

CONTENTS

OF VOL. II.

CHAP. XVI.

REIGN OF HENRY VIII.

JOHN SKELTON. - William Roy. John Heywood.