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.

                                
                                  And othyr penans for to warke."
                                
                                  The Emprore seyd, "thys may wyll be,
                                
                                  But on thyng I prey the,
                                  Line 220 
                                
                                  Thow speke lenger of the see.
                                
                                  Tell me chyld, wat that may be?"
                                
                                  The chyld seyd, with owte lesyng,
                                
                                  "A wyll wyldyn of wey, ["A wylde wey in wendyng."—Vernon and Cotton.] 
                                  Line 224 
                                
                                  So thow mytys seyll þer-ynne,
                                
                                  That þou schuldyst neuer lond wynne." [The MS. has "fynd."] 
                                
                                  The Emprore seyd with-owtyn fayll,
                                
                                  "Ther-yn I haue grete mervell,
                                  Line 228 
                                
                                  What tyme ded Adam a-mysse,
                                
                                  That he loste so paradysse?"
                                
                                  The chylde seyd, "at þe myd-mowrow tyde,
                                
                                  And be myd-day he loste hys pryde.
                                  Line 232 
                                
                                  Ane angell droffe hym yn to desert,
                                
                                  With a bryth brenyng sward;
                                
                                  Heuyr he ys in sorowe and woo
                                  Line 236 
                                
                                  Wyll he leue ["Him and his ofspring," Vernon and Cotton.]  euer moo;
                                  Line 235 
                                
                                  And whan he deyed to helle he nam, [These six lines, a—f, are not in either Vernon or Cotton.] 
                                  Line 235a 
                                
                                  And all that of hym were cumme,
                                  Line 235b 
                                
                                  So wos he yn heve for-lorne,
                                  Line 235c 
                                
                                  Tyll that goddys sune wos borne,
                                  Line 235d 
                                
                                  And sufferyd vp-on the rode payssoyne,
                                  Line 235e 
                                
                                  And browte vs owte of theppresun."
                                  Line 235f 
                                
                                  "A-lasse!" seyd the Emprore, "I hath grete dole,
                                  Line 237 
                                
                                  That Adam was swych a fole!
                                
                                  How many synnys dede Adam
                                
                                  For cavse he to helle name?" [folio 8b] 
                                  Line 240 
                                
                                  The chyld seyd, "vij thoo;
                                
                                  Sacrylege wos on of thoo,
                                
                                  Fornycacyun was on of thes,

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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.
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Publication: London,: Trübner,; 1886.
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