The minor poems of the Vernon ms. ... (with a few from the Digby mss. 2 and 86) ...

                                
                                  His swete Mouþ wel ofte I cust. [D Til þat I his mouth had kest. L fol ofte . kiste. After 688 DL have the foll. stanza: I swownid (swounede) many a tyme wiþ-alle, Or (L Er) I of him myhte take my (om. in L) leue. Many a tere I lete doun falle, Þer (L þate) myhte no man it (om. in L) me bereue. I (L And) seyde 'sone, now (om. in L) gon I schalle, Now alle þi (L & oure) frendis schul the leue (L to-dreue). Come (L Com) now, deth, I wile (L gan) the calle, I wold þou myhtest myn herte cleue.'] 
                                  Line 688 
                                
                                  "Ion seiȝ I was in poynt to spille,
                                
                                  In my bodi I was ful seke,
                                
                                  Euere I stod In criȝyng schille,
                                
                                  Þat neiȝ myn herte dude to-breke:
                                  Line 692 
                                
                                  He heold his serwe in herte stille
                                
                                  And myldeliche gon he to me speke:
                                
                                  'Marie, ȝif hit beo þi wille,
                                
                                  Go we henne!' þe Maudeleyn eke. [689—696 DL Þan com (þ. c. om. in L) Iohn & (þe L) Magdaleyn eke, & (om. in L) saw (L Seyen) I was in poynt to spille. fful (om. in L) myldeli (Mildeliche) to me þei speke And held (helden) hire (here) sorwe in herte ful (om. in L) stille, But euere hem þouhte hire (here) hertis (hertes) breke, Þat þei durste not (L ne myghte) wepin (weope) hire (here) fille. Nerþeles (L Naþeles) to towne (L me to t.) þei (L þe) me (om. in L) wreke (L wreken), Mor wiþ strif (L be strengthe) þan wiþ (L at) my wille.] 
                                  Line 696 
                                
                                  "And whon we to toune come, [L om. And. DL to þe cite. L comen.] 
                                
                                  Þer as þe wey lay a-twynne, [L Þat. DL om. as. DL oure weyes schuld L twynne D vntwynne.] 
                                
                                  Vche mon leue at oþer nome, [L Euerich at oþer leue n. D I & othere oure l. n.] 
                                
                                  And wenten hom to heore [al. oure]  Inne. [L & sithen wenten til. D wente. DL oure.] 
                                  Line 700 
                                
                                  Sore I sykede and I-lome, [DL om. Sore; DL I swownid L ma[n]y a tyme & lome D often and whilome.] 
                                
                                  Of wepyng miht I neuer blynne, [D koude.] 
                                
                                  To speke wiþ hem [MS. hym]  [had I] [MS. in]  no tome [D spekin to hem. DL had I no t.] 
                                
                                  ffor serwe þat myn herte was Inne. [DL sorwe. D in.] 
                                  Line 704 
                                
                                  "Þei ladde me to a Chaumbre þo [D Iohn led. L In to a chambre he ladde me þo.] 
                                
                                  Þer my sone was woned to be, [D wonid. L beo.] 
                                
                                  Ion and þe Maudeleyn also, [D Magdaleyn & my susteris two.] 
                                
                                  ffor no þing nolde þei from me fle. [L nolde fro me (fle om.) D wold þei departen fro me.] 
                                  Line 708 
                                
                                  I lokede aboute in eueri wro, [D Bernard L ffaste D I lokid aboute me tho L I l. in eche a wro.] 
                                
                                  I couþe nouȝwhere my sone se, [D But I c. L Coude I. D not. L seo.]

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Title: The minor poems of the Vernon ms. ... (with a few from the Digby mss. 2 and 86) ...
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Publication: London,: Pub. by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., for the Early English Text Society,; 1892-1901.
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