An Old English miscellany containing a bestiary, Kentish sermons, Proverbs of Alfred, religious poems of the thirteenth century,

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Morris, Richard, ed. 1833-1894.

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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,

1872.

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"An Old English miscellany containing a bestiary, Kentish sermons, Proverbs of Alfred, religious poems of the thirteenth century,." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/AHA6129.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 24, 2024.

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Page 184

XXIV. Ten abuses. [Cotton MS. Caligula A ix, leaf 248, back.]

                        
                          Hwan þu sixst on leode.
                        
                          King þat is wilful.
                        
                          And domesmon niminde.
                        
                          Proest þat is wilde.
                          Line 4 
                        
                          Bischop slou.
                        
                          Old mon lechur.
                        
                          Ȝunch mon lieȝer.
                        
                          Wimmon schomeles.
                          Line 8 
                        
                          Child un-þeaud.
                        
                          Þral vn-buxsum.
                        
                          Aþeling briþeling.
                        
                          Lond wið-ute laȝe.
                          Line 12 
                        
                          Al so seide bede;
                        
                          Wo þere þeode.

XXIV. Ten abuses. [Jesus Coll. MS. 29, leaf 257, back.]

                        
                          Hwan þu sixst on leode.
                        
                          King þat is wilful.
                        
                          And Domes-mon nymynde.
                        
                          Preost þat is wilde.
                          Line 4 
                        
                          Biscop slouh.
                        
                          Oldmon lechur.
                        
                          Yongmon lyere.
                        
                          Wymmon schomeles.
                          Line 8 
                        
                          Child vnþewed.
                        
                          Þral vnbuhsum.
                        
                          Aþelyng. bryþeling.
                        
                          Lond wiþ-vten lawe.
                          Line 12 
                        
                          Al so seyde Bede.
                        
                          Wo þere þeode.

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An Old English miscellany containing a bestiary, Kentish sermons, Proverbs of Alfred, religious poems of the thirteenth century,

About this Item

Pages

description Page 184

XXIV. Ten abuses. [Cotton MS. Caligula A ix, leaf 248, back.]

XXIV. Ten abuses. [Jesus Coll. MS. 29, leaf 257, back.]

Notes

Page 184