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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Synys and Catyr that ȝe haue cast, Schowyt þat ȝowr hart ys stedffast, Erre nowt but euer thynke wyll, And ȝowr dessyer schall cumme in euery dyll. Line 12
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That ȝe haue cast synys and trey, May lytely ffallyn on ȝowr pray, ȝe mvst cast another chanche Yff ȝe thynke ȝowr selffe to a-vans. Line 16
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Be synys and dewsse ȝe may trost To haue ȝowr wyll at the last, But I tell ȝow, with owt fayll, ȝe schall haue myche thowt and travell. Line 20
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Synys and asse tell me sekerly That ȝowr dessyer ys but folly, Schonge ȝowr thowt, I cowncell the, Yffe ȝe wyll not a schamyd be. Line 24
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Be sysse and synkys [Sloane, quynze.] that ȝe haue cast ȝe schall haue swyche freynchepe at ye last, Be wom ȝe schall avanteyssyd be, And set in worchop and in gret degre. Line 28
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Sysse synke and Catter byndyn the, Chonge ȝowr thowt, for yt ys but a vanyte. Be thyng ȝow of the same thyn yt ys mor abyll, For thys ys no thyng prophytabyll. Line 32
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ȝe that haue cast sysse synk and thre, [folio 2b] ȝour dessyer to purposse browt may be, But yf dessyer be to ȝow hygth, Kepe ȝow fro schame both day and nygth. Line 36
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Sysse synke and dewsse ys ȝour cast; ȝe dessyer, but be not agast, For yff ȝe warke wysely in ded and thowt To ȝour purposse, yt schall be rygth wyll browt. Line 40
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ȝowr cast ys sysse synke and as; ȝe stond rygth in wonder casse,
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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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