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

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                                    They dysceuered hem in two and sett hem on sere,
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                                    And sodeynly þat senek þey broghte in to sale.
                                  
                                    Byfore þe prophete þys prest gon apere,
                                  
                                    And he apposed hym fulle sone with chekes fulle pale:
                                  
                                    "Thow hast be a presydent, þe pepulle to stere,
                                  
                                    Now dotest þou on þyn olde toes in þe dysemale.
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                                    Now shalle þy couetyse be knowen þat er was vnclere;
                                  
                                    Thow hast in Babylon on benche browen mykylle bale,
                                  
                                    So bolde.
                                  
                                    Now schulle ȝour synnes be sene
                                  
                                    Of fals domes be-dene,
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                                    Whyle ȝe in Babylone haue bene
                                  
                                    Jugges of olde."

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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 237
Publication: New York,: Johnson Reprint Corp.; [1966]
Subject terms: Scottish poetry

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