Adam Davy's 5 dreams about Edward II. The Life of St. Alexius. Solomon's book of wisdom. St. Jeremie's [Jerome's] 15 tokens before doomsday. The Lamentacion of souls. Ed. from the Laud ms. 622 in the Bodleian library by F.J. Furnivall

                                
                                  Þe fissches weie in þe Cee; þe snakes weie on erþe,
                                
                                  And þe foules waie in þe sky; þe werst is þe fierþe:
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                                  Þat is, childes waie in his ȝouþe; ȝif it haþ his wille.
                                
                                  For many a foule waie it will goo; & selde sitt stille.
                                
                                  Þis book made Salamon; of þise wisdoms & more: [folio 70a] 
                                
                                  To mychel he loued leccherie; for al his wise lore,
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                                  Seuenty wyues in spousehode; he helde al his lyf,
                                
                                  And þre hundreþ in leccherie; þat non þerof was his wyf.
                                
                                  Fourty wyntren he was kyng; & died in þe fourtide ȝere.
                                
                                  Telle men miȝtten þat he were saf; ȝif leccherie nere.
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                                  Foure hundreþ ȝer & seuentene; it was þo he died, & mo,
                                
                                  Þat þe folk of Israel; out of Egipte gunnen go.
                                
                                  Affter kyng Salomons deþ; Roboam his sone
                                
                                  Was of þat londe kyng ymade; as it was þe wone.
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                                  Þat folk cried on hym a day; þat he a-legge scholde
                                
                                  Þe seruage þat his fader hem made; þe better serue hym þai wolde.
                                
                                  Þerfore with alle his olde men; þe kyng went to conseile:
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                                  Þai radden hym mylde forto be; þe more it wolde hym availe.
                                
                                  He cleped forþ his ȝonge folk; as he hym self was,
                                
                                  & axed wheþer þe reed was good; þai seiden þat it nas;
                                
                                  Bot "be þou sterne & dredeful; & þan wil þai ben good;
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                                  Ne schaltou hem neuere good holde; bot with sterne mood."
                                
                                  ¶ Þe kyng þis conseil loued wel; his bondemen he lete fecche.
                                
                                  "Wene ȝe for my fader was wys; þat ich wil be a wrecche.
                                
                                  In þe left fynger þat ich haue; strengþe þere is more
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                                  Þan was in al my fader schulder; for al his wise lore
                                
                                  ȝif he ȝou brouȝth in seruage; to more I wil ȝou drawe.
                                
                                  Wene ȝe þeiȝ ich be ȝong; þat ich ne couþe ȝou lawe?"
                                
                                  Þis folk crieden ȝerne & wepen; sore þai hem dradd;
                                
                                  Ac for noþing þai miȝtten do; oþer word þai nadd.
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                                  ÞO þai weren from hym ywent; gret conseil þai token.
                                
                                  Þe ten kyndes of israel; for kyng þai hym forsoken,
                                
                                  And made hem a newe kyng; ne stode hem of hym non eie;
                                
                                  ffor þere ne leued wiþ hym; bot þe kyndes tweie,

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Title: Adam Davy's 5 dreams about Edward II. The Life of St. Alexius. Solomon's book of wisdom. St. Jeremie's [Jerome's] 15 tokens before doomsday. The Lamentacion of souls. Ed. from the Laud ms. 622 in the Bodleian library by F.J. Furnivall
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Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,; 1878.
Subject terms: English poetry; Edward -- King of England, -- 1284-1327.; Solomon, -- King of Israel.

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