Excerpt from The Poetical Works of John Skelton, Vol. 1 of 3: With Notes, and Some Account of the Author and His WritingsThe individual to whom I have been the most indebted for assistance and encouragement in this undertaking has not survived to receive my ac knowledgments I mean the late Mr. Heber, who not only lent me his whole collection of Skelton's works, but also took a pleasure in communicating to me from time to time whatever information he supposed might be serviceable. Indeed, without such liberality on the part of Mr. Heber, a com plete edition of the poet's extant writings could not have been produced; for his incomparable library (now unfortunately dispersed) contained some pieces by Skelton, of which copies were not elsewhere to be found.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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