A Common-place book of the fifteenth century, containing a religious play and poetry, legal forms and local accounts. Printed from the original ms. at Brome Hall, Suffolk, by Lady Caroline Kerrison. Edited with notes by Lucy Toulmin Smith.

                                
                                  As medowys byn yn summer tyd,
                                  Line 520 
                                
                                  And all so full of fayer flowerys,
                                  Line 517 
                                
                                  Off many dyuers colorys.
                                  Line 518 
                                
                                  Tryn he sawe with leuys grene,
                                  Line 521 
                                
                                  Full of frute euer more, I wene,
                                
                                  Frut of so many kynd
                                
                                  In thys ward can no man fynd.
                                
                                  Ther he sey the tre of lyffe,
                                  Line 525 
                                
                                  That they haue with owtyn stryffe;
                                
                                  Fryuth of wesdam all so ther ys,
                                
                                  Ther-of ete Adam and ded a-mys;
                                
                                  And other frutys yer arn full felle,
                                
                                  And all maner of joy and wylle. [Wylle, i.e., weal.] 
                                  Line 530 
                                
                                  [Moche folke he syȝ there dwelle,
                                
                                  Ther was no tonge þat myȝth hem telle.]
                                  Line 532 
                                
                                  Thow tweyn boschoppys turnyd a-geyn,
                                  Line 545 
                                
                                  And fayere spake to syre Howyn,
                                
                                  "Blyssyd byn they euery-chon,
                                
                                  That mad þe thys wey to gon,
                                
                                  Purcatory thow hate be inne,
                                  Line 550 
                                
                                  To do penans for thy syne.
                                
                                  [Loke þat þou do synne no more]
                                
                                  For Purcatory comys þou yn neuer more, [Brome MS. has yn after more, evidently an attempt to ryme with the preceding line 550; l. 551 having been forgotten.] 
                                  Line 552 
                                
                                  We wote wyll where thow was,
                                
                                  For we hau passyd [All — pas.] Cotton, pat ylke plas.]  all thow pas;
                                
                                  So xall iche man aftyr hys day,
                                  Line 555 
                                
                                  Pore and reche gon that wey.
                                
                                  Many hau hem for to schryve, [Cotton lines 557 and 558 are altered.] 
                                
                                  Ner don penans of all ther lyve,
                                
                                  But at the laste he comyth for drede,

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Title: A Common-place book of the fifteenth century, containing a religious play and poetry, legal forms and local accounts. Printed from the original ms. at Brome Hall, Suffolk, by Lady Caroline Kerrison. Edited with notes by Lucy Toulmin Smith.
Canvas: Page 102
Publication: London,: Trübner,; 1886.
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A Common-place book of the fifteenth century, containing a religious play and poetry, legal forms and local accounts. Printed from the original ms. at Brome Hall, Suffolk, by Lady Caroline Kerrison. Edited with notes by Lucy Toulmin Smith.

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