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

wo him her on worolde wrþin þenket. Line 60
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¶ Þus quad Alfred, Englene frouere: May no riche king ben onder Crist selues, Line 64 bote þif [Read yif.] he be booc-lerid, . . . . . and he writes wel kenne; . . . . . Line 68 and bote he cunne letteris, lokin him seluen wu he sule his lond laweliche holden. Line 72
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¶ Þus quad Helfred: Þe herl and þe heþeling, þo ben vnder þe king, þe lond to leden Line 76 mid lauelichi dedin; [W. lavelich i-dedin.] boþe þe clerc and þe cni[c]t [K. & W. cnit.] demen euenliche rict. . . . . . Line 80 . . . . . For after [K. aftir.] þat mon [K. man.] souit, als suyich [K. al suiyich.] sal he mouin, and eueriches monnes dom Line 84 to his oge dure cherried. [W. cherried.]
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¶ Þus quad Alfred: Þe cnith biouit kenliche [W. kerliche.] to cnouen, Line 88 for to weriin þe lond of here
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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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English poetry

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