Cock Lorell's Bote
Preserved but no longer current.
A pamphlet published by Wynkyn de Worde about 1510, satirizing contemporary lower-middle-class life and introducing all sorts of rogues and vagabonds in the guise of a crew which takes ship and sails through England.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Cock Lorell's Bote” mean?
A pamphlet published by Wynkyn de Worde about 1510, satirizing contemporary lower-middle-class life and introducing all sorts of rogues and vagabonds in the guise of a crew which takes ship and sails through England.
Is “Cock Lorell's Bote” formal or informal?
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