An Old English miscellany containing a bestiary, Kentish sermons, Proverbs of Alfred, religious poems of the thirteenth century,

by hire wlyte cheose. for neuer nóne þinge. þat heo to þe bryngeþ. Ac leorne hire custe. Line 252 heo cuþeþ hi wel sone. For mony mon for ayhte. vuele i-auhteþ. And ofte mon of fayre. Line 256 frakele icheoseþ. wo is him þat vuel wif. bryngeþ to his cotlyf. so him is alyue; Line 260 þat vuele ywyueþ. For he schal vppen eorþe. dreori i-wurþe. Monymon singeþ. Line 264 þat wif hom bryngeþ. wiste he hwat he brouhte. wepen he myhte.
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þus queþ Alured. Line 268 NE wurþ þu neuer so wod. ne so wyn-drunke. þat éuere segge þine wife. alle þine wille. Line 272 For if þu iseye þe bi-vore. þine i-vo alle. And þu hi myd worde iwreþþed heuedest. Line 276 Ne scholde heo hit lete. for þing lyuyinde. þat heo ne scholde þe forþ vp-breyde. of þine baleu-syþes. Line 280 wymmon is word.-woþ. and haueþ tunge to swift.
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An Old English miscellany containing a bestiary, Kentish sermons, Proverbs of Alfred, religious poems of the thirteenth century,
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Morris, Richard, ed. 1833-1894.
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by N. Trübner & co.,
1872.
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English poetry

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