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

Þah al þat fur in þis world. to-gedere were ibrouht. Ayeynes þare hete. nere hit al nouht. Line 220 Wo is hym alyue. þat þer-inne is ibrouht. Away. þeos ilke pyne. þu hauest me by-souht. Line 224
Hwo iseye þene qued. hw lodlich heo beo. Hornes on his heued. hornes. on his kneo. Line 228 Nis no þing alyue. þat so atelich beo. Wo is heom in helle. þat hine schulleþ i-seo. Line 232
He yoneþ myd his muþe. and stareþ myd his eye. Of his neosturles cumeþ. þe rede leye. Line 236 Þat fur springeþ him vt. of euervyche breye. He moste deye for kare. hwo so hine iseye. Line 240
Al so beoþ his eye-puttes as a [colput dup ant gret]. [In a later hand.] Þat fur springeþ him of. wunderliche red. Line 244 Ne may no tunge telle. hw lodlich is þe qued. Hwo so lokede him on. for kare he Mihte beo ded. Line 248
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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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