A Common-place book of the fifteenth century, containing a religious play and poetry, legal forms and local accounts. Printed from the original ms. at Brome Hall, Suffolk, by Lady Caroline Kerrison. Edited with notes by Lucy Toulmin Smith.

                                
                                  That restynd they schuld haue yn mynd.
                                  Line 154 
                                
                                  That day xuld no man warke,
                                
                                  Bute bedyn ther bedys and goo to kyrke,
                                
                                  And kepyn them fro dely synne,
                                
                                  That he nowte fale ther ynne."
                                  Line 158 
                                
                                  The Emprore with wyrdys mylde, [Lines 159 and 160 of Vernon are omitted here, and the two following are altered.] 
                                
                                  Thus he gan askyn the chylde,
                                
                                  Yff he cowde tellyn hym owte
                                  Line 163 
                                
                                  Off howe many thyngges Adam was wrotte?
                                
                                  The chyld answord and seyd "vij,
                                
                                  The wyche they byn I xall þe tellyn,
                                
                                  Slyppe of þe erthe wos on off thoo,
                                
                                  Watyr of the see god toke ther-too,
                                  Line 168 
                                
                                  Off the sunne and of the wynde,
                                
                                  And of the clowddes as yn wrytyng I fynd.
                                
                                  Off the stonys be the see coste,
                                
                                  And also of the holy goste.
                                  Line 172 
                                
                                  Off the erth ys manys fleysse,
                                
                                  And of the watyr ys blode neysse,
                                
                                  Off the sunne ys hys harte and his bowellys,
                                
                                  Hys mekenes and hys good thewys;
                                  Line 176 
                                
                                  Off the wynd ys mannys brethe, [folio 7b] 
                                
                                  And of the clowdys hys wyttys bothe,
                                
                                  Off the ston ys mannys bonne,
                                
                                  And of the holy goste ys hys sowlle than.
                                  Line 180 
                                
                                  Loo! syre Emprore Adryan!
                                
                                  Off theys thyngges ben made Adam.
                                
                                  Euery man yn thys ward [I.e., world.]  here
                                
                                  ys made of dyvers maner;
                                  Line 184 
                                
                                  How-so haue of the erth moste,
                                
                                  He xall be heuy, wyll thow woste,
                                
                                  Heuy yn thowth and yke yn dede,

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Title: A Common-place book of the fifteenth century, containing a religious play and poetry, legal forms and local accounts. Printed from the original ms. at Brome Hall, Suffolk, by Lady Caroline Kerrison. Edited with notes by Lucy Toulmin Smith.
Canvas: Page 30
Publication: London,: Trübner,; 1886.
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