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

Þider cumeþ þe saulen ilome. Þat her demde false domes. Mo saulen. þolieþ þer swich wo. Þene fysses swimme oþer fueles go. Line 64 Heo gredeþ lude and wepeþ sore. Ac bóte. ne tyd heom neuer more.
A hwel of stele is furþer mo. And berneþ lihte and turneþ o. Line 68 A þusend spoken beoþ þer-on. And pykes ouer al idon. Þer schule þe saulen beo to-drawe. Þat her arereden vnryhte lawe. Line 72 Mo saulen þolieþ þer sucche wowe. Þane be floþre in þe snowe.
Fvrþer þer is a water wallinde hot. Þat is. deop. and long. and brod. Line 76 Blakkure þan þe swarte pich. And stynkeþ so for-holde lych. Of vych a wrm þat atter bereþ. Oþer hit stingeþ oþer hit tereþ Line 80 Ifulled is þat fule pool Þat euer is hot. and neuer cool. Bisydes stondeþ an feondes trume. And wayteþ hwenne þe saules cume. Line 84 Heo hire a-warieþ al aþrep. Al so wulues doþ þe scep. [folio 272:1] Hwenne þe feondes heom for-leteþ. Snaken and neddren heom imeteþ. Line 88 And dreyeþ heom in-to a wel. Þer heo þolyeþ al vn-sel. Hwenne heo habbeþ so i-don. Eft hit beoþ heom al fornon. Line 92 Ne may he segge. waylawei. Þat so schule pynen nyht. and day. Summe me may þer iseon. Þat stondeþ vp to heore kneon. Line 96
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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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