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.

                                
                                  Averycie and covetyse,
                                  Line 244 
                                
                                  Gloteny and pryd, I telle the,
                                
                                  Thes vij synnys ded he.
                                
                                  In pryd he synned yll
                                
                                  Whan he wrote aftyr hys wyll,
                                  Line 248 
                                
                                  A not aftyr the oste ["Heste" in Vernon and Cotton.]  of god,
                                
                                  He hylde eftyr hys owe wyll leyd.
                                
                                  In sacrylege he synned sore.
                                
                                  Whan he wrotte aftyr hys owe lore,
                                  Line 252 
                                
                                  And ffulfyllyd hys owyn talent,
                                
                                  To don the fyndys cummawment.
                                  Line 254 
                                
                                  Mannys sleere he wos I know,
                                  Line 267 
                                
                                  Whan he hys owyne sowle slew,
                                  Line 268 
                                
                                  And all that euer of hym camme,
                                  Line 270 
                                
                                  The fynd with hym to helle name.
                                  Line 269 
                                
                                  Thyffe he wos I know be-fore god,1
                                  Line 263 
                                
                                  When he stall that hym wos fore-bede.
                                  Line 264 
                                
                                  Sertenly, as I the seye,
                                  Line 265 
                                
                                  He wos wordy for to dey.1 [1_1 These four lines follow the Cotton (259-263)] 
                                  Line 266 
                                
                                  Fornycacyun he had yn mynd,
                                  Line 255 
                                
                                  Whan he be-levyd vp-on the fynd,
                                
                                  And hylde that goddes lore was fals.
                                
                                  In auyryce he synnyd all-so, ["Als," Vernon.] 
                                  Line 258 
                                
                                  Whan that he covetyd more
                                
                                  Thane he had nedyd be-fore,
                                
                                  Qwan ["He hedde," Vernon.]  paradyce was at hys wyll;
                                
                                  No wondyr yt wos thow god leked yt yll.
                                  Line 262 
                                
                                  In gloteny he synnyd wylle,
                                  Line 271 
                                
                                  Whan he put hym selffe yn swych yll, ["Perile," Vernon and Cotton.] 
                                
                                  Off the trere the appyll he toke, [folio 9a] 
                                
                                  That god fore-bode hym and hys make.

                                  Line 274

About this Item

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 33
Publication: London,: Trübner,; 1886.
Subject terms: Commonplace-books

Technical Details

Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
Link to this Item: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ajd3529.0001.001
Link to this scan: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/ajd3529.0001.001/45:4

Rights and Permissions

The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials are in the public domain. If you have questions about the collection, please contact [email protected]. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact [email protected].

DPLA Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States

IIIF

Manifest: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/api/manifest/cme:ajd3529.0001.001

Cite this Item

Full citation: "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." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ajd3529.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 16, 2025.

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.

Annotations Tools

Actions

About this Item

Technical Details

Rights and Permissions

Related Links

IIIF

Cite this Item