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

As Blake Maydens. in Blac cloþing; Line 132 And þei sodun. euerichon In wellyng pich. and Brumston; Brennyng dragouns. and serpentes i-fere Hongynge. Aboute heor nekkes were, Line 136 Gnawyng hem. to don hem schom, To tere þe Flesch. from þe bon; And þer weore. foure Angels to telle Þat weoren of þe hous. of helle, Line 140 Brennynge hornes. hedde þei on hed, Þei hem turmented. and dude hem qued; Faste þei wente. þis pepul a-boute, Wiþ moni turmentes. grete and stoute, Line 144 Seying to hem. as was heore wone, "Knoweþ ȝe þei seide. godus sone, Þe wȝuche. þat muche on ȝou þouȝt Al þe world. whon he bouȝt; Line 148 For ȝe nolde neuer. knowen him Ȝe schullen han here. þeos pynes grym:"
Poul þis asked. feire and wel, And þenne onswered. þe Aungel: Line 152 "Þeos serued not chastité, Til tyme of heor weddynge. schulde be, But lyuede. in heore lecherie, And heled heore children. and dude hem dye, Line 156 And ȝaf hem to swyn. or to houndes, Or drouned hem. In slodes groundes, And schewed hem. to þe worldus degré As þei maydens. hedden i-be; Line 160 And in þis lyf. þei lyueden ȝore, And duden no penaunce. þerfore": ¶ Aftur þis. he sayȝ at ene Men. and. wymmen., moni and lene; Line 164 Lene þei weore., wiþ-outen flesche, Þei soffred harde. and noþing nessche; Muche lay bi-foren hem. of Mete
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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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