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 schewyd vs many tokenyng
                                  Line 25 
                                
                                  That he ys god and stedfast kyng;
                                
                                  Holy bochoppys sum tyme yer were,
                                
                                  That tawte men of godes lore.
                                
                                  In þe lond [pe lond]. Cotton, "Irlonde."]  prechyd seynt Pertryke,
                                
                                  In all þat lond wos hym non lyke,
                                  Line 30 
                                
                                  He preched goddes wordys full wyde
                                
                                  And tolde men wat schude be-tyde.
                                
                                  Fyrste he spake of heuyn blysse,
                                
                                  How-so go theder he go not a-mysse,
                                
                                  And sythyn he spake of helle peyn,
                                  Line 35 
                                
                                  Who ys he þat comyth ther-yn;
                                
                                  And ȝyt he spake of porcatory, [folio 28b] 
                                
                                  As yt ys wretyn [As — wretyn]. Cotton, "As he fonde."]  in þe story.
                                
                                  The folke þat wer in þe contre,
                                
                                  Wolde not be-leue yt myte so be,
                                  Line 40 
                                
                                  [And seyde, but ȝyf hyt were so,]
                                
                                  But one myth [But — myth]. Cotton, "pat eny mon."]  myth hym selfe gon,
                                
                                  And syn all þat and cum a-geyn,
                                
                                  Than many wolde hym beleuyn fayn.
                                
                                  Seynth Pertryke hym be-thowthe,
                                  Line 45 
                                
                                  Jesu he than be-sowth
                                
                                  That he wolde hym sum tokenys schowe,
                                
                                  That in þe lond yt myth be knowe,
                                
                                  That he myth throwe hys be-heue,
                                
                                  Bryng þat folke yn a beter be-leue.
                                  Line 50 
                                
                                  Cryste [Cryste]. Cotton, "Our Lord."]  peryd to hym vpon a day,
                                
                                  As he yn hys bed lay,
                                
                                  Tweyn reche thnyges he hym ȝaffe,
                                
                                  A boke of gospell and a staffe.
                                
                                  With goode chyre þe bosschoppe yt toke,
                                  Line 55 
                                
                                  Bothe þe staffe and þe boke;

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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 83
Publication: London,: Trübner,; 1886.
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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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