Twenty-six political and other poems (including 'Petty Job') from the Oxford mss. Digby 102 and Douce 322. Ed., with introduction and glossarial index, by D. J. Kail ...

(8)
¶ Þenke þou shalt dye, and nost whenne; Þou art incertayn, þerfore drede. Fro heueue to erþe, god shal come þenne, Deme euel and good, after here dede; Line 60 Þe good, to heuene blisse renne, In endeles lyf to haue here mede; Þe wikked, in helle for to brenne, In endeles pyne, deþ shal hem fede. Line 64
(9)
¶ The ten comaundementis, þou hem kepe; Þe seuen werkis of mercy, wel hem vse; Þe seuene synnes þou be-wepe, Þy fyue wittes þe auyse. Line 68 Do penaunce, and preye whyle þou schuld slepe; Þe fend and fals[e] world despise; No fleschly lustes þe vndercrepe; Fle all foly, and folwe þe wise! Line 72

XXIII. Of the sacrament of the Altere.

[Digby 102, leaf 123, back.] (16 stanzas of 8, abab, abab.)

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I wole be mendid ȝif y say mys. Holychirche nes noþer tre ne stones. Þe hous of preyers, god nempned þys, Boþe goode men and wikked ressayueþ at ones. Line 4 Þere as gadryng of goode men ys, Is holychyrche of flesch and bones. Prestes are lanterne, hem to wysse Þe wise weyes to heuene wones. Line 8
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¶ Holychirche, heryȝe þy saueour, Þynk þy hurd, god on hiȝt, Wiþ song and ympnes, tyde and houre, Reioys in hym day and nyȝt; Line 12
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Twenty-six political and other poems (including 'Petty Job') from the Oxford mss. Digby 102 and Douce 322. Ed., with introduction and glossarial index, by D. J. Kail ...
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