Beilage I.Her is a disputison . bi twene chi(l)d Jhu . & Maistres of þe lawe of Jewus. aus Ms. Vernon f. 300.
Die eigenthümliche Interpunktion des Ms. Vernon ist in diesem und dem folgenden Gedichte beibehalten.
Lustneþ lordes leoue in londe
Soþeli sawes.I. wol ȝou telle
Of gentyl Jhu .I. vnderstonde
þe ffalse ffei . fonded to felle.
ffor wo. ne wrake . ne wolde he wonde
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Of Trinite trewe . to Jewes telle.
he sat in see . he nolde not stonde
As best of barnes . þat bar þe Belle.
þe gospel seiþ . In þis manere
Whon Jhu was . of twelf ȝer age
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In to þe Temple . he com to lere
Wrangful wrecches . þt wrouȝt outrage
Maystres wondrede . þt þer were
þat lawes lerede . in heore langage
And seide child . what destou þere
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þou sittest stalled . in vre stage.
A Mayster seide . to Jhū
þou scholdest lerne . and nouȝt teche
þou spillest speche . what seystou.
þi wrangful wordes . worcheþ wreche
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þou repungnest in pres . a ȝeyn vr prou
As preised prophete . þe peple preche
Stunt a stounde . þi sawe of Gru
þi wit to teche . may not reche.
þow schuldest lerne . a. b. c
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ffor þe fayleþ . afoundement
þou tellest tales . of Trinite
In wonderwyse . þi wit is went
ȝif þou wolt leorne . þu miht þhe
ffor wonder wit . on þe is sent
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Of Bales . Boote þu miht be
ȝif þou neore . In errour hent
Ihū seide .I. may wel se
þi Bok is blynt . and þu art blent
þou farest foule . so þynkeþ me
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ffor lewed lore . on þe is lent.
Whi is a . Bi fore . b.
Tel me . þat spekest in present
Or I. schal tymeli . teche þe
þi Reson raþe . þe schal Repent.
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þe Maister . wiþ wel wikked wille
Spak in pres . of people a pliht
Jhu þu art . a grameful gille,
I. Rede Raþe . þu lerne a Riht
And bote þu stonde . a stounde stille
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Te Betyng Bare . þu schalt be diht [Ms. te st. to.]
Qwaþ Jhu . þat is no skille
I. com not hider . for to fiht.
Ȝit quaþ Jhu . of myn askyng
þou ne ȝiuest . non onswere
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I. am ful Old . þeih I. be ȝing
A. louely lore .I. wol þe lere
Tak þis tale . of my teching
A. Is prys . wiþ oute pere.
Lettre of þreo . and is o þing
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þreo partyes . a. haþ knet I. fere
