Scottish alliterative poems in riming stanzas. Edited with introd., appendix, notes, and glossary. [n.p.]Scottish Text Society, 1897.

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                                    He hed a wyf hiht Susan, was sotil and sage;
                                  
                                    Heo was Elches douȝter, eldest and eyre,
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                                    Loueliche and lilie whit, out of þat lynage,
                                  
                                    Of alle fason of fode fresscheliche and feyre.
                                  
                                    Þei lerned hyr lettrure of þat langage,
                                  
                                    Þe maundement of Moyses þei marked to þat may,
                                  
                                    To þe mount of Synay þat went in message,
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                                    Þat þe Trinite bitoke of tables a payre
                                  
                                    To rede.
                                  
                                    Þus þei lerne hire þe lawe,
                                  
                                    Cleer clergi to knawe;
                                  
                                    To God stod hir gret awe,
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                                    Þat wlonkest in wede.

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Title: Scottish alliterative poems in riming stanzas. Edited with introd., appendix, notes, and glossary. [n.p.]Scottish Text Society, 1897.
Author: Amours, François Joseph, 1841-1910.
Canvas: Page 192
Publication: New York,: Johnson Reprint Corp.; [1966]
Subject terms: Scottish poetry

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