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.

                                
                                  The Emprore seyd, "Syn þat yt ys so,
                                  Line 471 
                                
                                  That synne warke man so myche woo,
                                
                                  Wer with schall a man hym bere
                                
                                  That the fynd schall hym not dere?"
                                  Line 474 
                                
                                  The schyld seyd, "with devocyun,
                                
                                  Thynke on goddes payssonn. [Line 436 of Vernon, = 1. (434) above, ends with "godes passioun," hence perhaps the confusion of the scribe among the lines.] 
                                  Line 476(454) 
                                
                                  Whan cryst knelyd on hys holy knesse and fete,
                                
                                  For drede of deth hys body gan swete,
                                
                                  Whan he stod bowndyn to a pyllere strong,
                                
                                  And betyn wos with schurges long,
                                  Line (458) 
                                
                                  That crystes body ther yt stode
                                
                                  Wos couuertyd yn hys owe blode.
                                
                                  Whan he wos with thronnys kyne,
                                
                                  The wonddes yn hys hed were sene.
                                  Line (462) 
                                
                                  And whan he bare the crosse to Caluery,
                                
                                  And sythyn there on he gan deye,
                                
                                  Thynke on hys wonddes smerte,
                                  Line 477 
                                
                                  And haue hys payssoyn yn þi herte.
                                  Line (466) 
                                
                                  Ther-with may euery man be ware,
                                
                                  That the fynd schall hym not dere."
                                  Line 480 
                                
                                  The Emprore seyd, "thys leve I wylle, [Wylle = well.]  [folio 12b] 
                                
                                  That yt ys sothe euery delle.
                                
                                  ȝyt telle me chyld, yf þou cane,
                                
                                  What ded paye mane to god thane?"
                                  Line 484 
                                
                                  The schyld than seyd, "dedys iij,
                                
                                  I xall the tell wych they be,
                                
                                  Yffe there be ony man, of schamys, [Evidently schans = chance, is intended.] 
                                
                                  That ledyth hys body yn penans,
                                  Line 488 
                                
                                  And doth ageyn the fyndes levynge,
                                
                                  And kepe hys body fro fowle lekynge,

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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 41
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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