The Harley lyrics

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Title
The Harley lyrics
Author
anonymous
Editor
Frances McSparran
Publication
London and New York: Published for the Early English Text Society by Oxford University Press
1965
1948
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Oxford Text Archive number: U-1681-A

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"The Harley lyrics." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/HarLyr. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 9, 2025.

Pages

Brook 3; Ker 28

Ichot a burde in a bour ase beryl so bryht Line 001 ase saphyr in seluer semly on syht Line 002 ase iaspe þe gentil þat lemeþ wiþ lyht Line 003 ase gernet in golde & ruby wel ryht Line 004 ase onycle he ys on yholden on hyht Line 005 ase diamaund þe dere in day when he is dyht Line 006 he is coral ycud wiþ cayser ant knyht Line 007 ase emeraude amorewen þis may haueþ myht Line 008 þe myht of þe margarite haueþ þis mai mere Line 009 For charbocle ich hire chos bi chyn & by chere Line 010 hire rode is ase rose þat red is on rys Line 011 wiþ lilye white leres lossum he is Line 012 þe primerole he passeþ paruenke of pris Line 013 wiþ alisaundre þareto ache & anys Line 014 coynte ase columbine such hire cunde ys Line 015 glad vnder gore in gro & in grys Line 016

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Line 016 he is blosme opon bleo brihtest vnder bis Line 017 wiþ celydoyne ant sauge ase þou þiself sys Line 018 þat syht vpon þat semly to blis he is broht Line 019 he is solsecle to sauue ys forsoht Line 020 he is papeiai in pyn þat beteþ me my bale Line 021 to trewe tortle in a tour y telle þe mi tale Line 022 he is þrustle þryuen in þro þat singeþ in sale Line 023 þe wilde laueroc ant wolc & þe wodewale Line 024 he is faucoun in friht dernest in dale Line 025 ant wiþ eueruch a gome gladest in gale Line 026 From weye he is wisist in to wyrhale Line 027 hire nome is in a:note of þe nyhtegale Line 028 In annote is hire nome nempneþ hit non Line 029 whose ryht redeþ roune to Johon. Line 030 muge he is ant mondrake þouh miht of þe mone Line 031 trewe triacle ytold wiþ tonges in trone Line 032 such licoris mai leche from lyne to lone Line 033 such sucre mon secheþ þat saueþ men sone Line 034 bliþe yblessed of crist þat bayeþ me mi bone Line 035 when derne dede is in dayne derne are done Line 036 ase g�o�myl in g�e�ue grene is þe grone Line 037 ase quibibe & comyn cud is in crone Line 038 Cud comyn in court canel in cofre Line 039 wiþ gyngyure & sedewale & þe gylofre Line 040 he is medierne of miht mercie of mede Line 041 Rekene ase regnas resoun to rede Line 042 Trewe ase tegeu in tour ase wyrwein in wede Line 043 baldore þen byrne þat of þe bor bede Line 044 Ase Wylcadoun he is wys dohty of dede Line 045 Feyrore þen floyres folkes to fede Line 046 Cud ase cradoc in court carf þe brede Line 047 hendore þen hilde þat haueþ me to hede Line 048 he haueþ me to hede þis hendy anon Line 049 gentil ase ionas heo ioyeþ wiþ Ion Line 050
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