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Speculum Principis (Skelton book)

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Speculum Principis (A First Mirror) was a guide to "proper princely behaviour" written by John Skelton in August 1501. Skelton was a well-known poet and had been appointed as tutor to Henry VII's second son, Prince Henry, who would later reign as Henry VIII of England.[1] A copy is now in the British Museum, which may or may not be exactly the same as the one given to Henry.[2]

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