Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

The Middle English charters of Christ ...

What þat ȝefte I ȝeuon sholde 13 I dede as þe lawe wolde To a mayde I demytted me 15 ffor no chalange sholde be Wel dernely sho kepte me Tyl I my tyme wolde se ffourty wokes saue V. dawes To fulfulle þe olde lawes 20 Þe mayde was trewe mylde & fre Sho receyued me for þe By my manhede and my grace Thus cam sesyng furst in place Whan þat sesyng was y-do 25 Wel gret envye hadde þanne þi fo Tho belsabub and sathanas [folio 89b] Hadde gret wounder whi it was He fondes me wiþ felonye Wiþ pryde coueytise and glotenye 30 Wel he wiste I was a man But synne in me ne fond he nan 32
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The Middle English charters of Christ ...
Author
Spalding, Mary Caroline, 1877-
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Page 20
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[Baltimore,: J. H. Furst company, printers,
1914]
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English poetry

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