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

                                
                                  Hit nis no-mon þat so doþ.
                                  Line 148 
                                
                                  I sigge þat pruide nis no synne:
                                
                                  ffor þer-þorwȝ comeþ worldes wynne.
                                
                                  Þat maiȝt þou witen, I-wis,
                                
                                  Whon þou wost what hit is.
                                  Line 152 
                                
                                  Ȝif þou be knowen for wys
                                
                                  And holden art of muche prys
                                
                                  And þat þou art riche mon and wlouȝ
                                
                                  And of richesse hast inouh:
                                  Line 156 
                                
                                  Þauȝ þou lyȝe, as mony mon doþ,
                                
                                  Men wolleþ wene þat hit be soþ,
                                
                                  And clepe þe forþ for heore euenyng,
                                
                                  Bi-foren hem þat habbeþ no-þing.
                                  Line 160 
                                
                                  Ȝif þou art proud and Modi
                                
                                  And berest þe bold and hardi,
                                
                                  Men þat stondeþ þe aboute
                                
                                  Þenne of þe wolen haue gret doute,
                                  Line 164 
                                
                                  Wiþ þe wolen þei comen and speke,
                                
                                  Þi loue to haue and hem to wreke. [r. reke] 
                                
                                  Þou mayȝt for þi bolde beryng
                                
                                  Be proud & riche in alle þing,
                                  Line 168 
                                
                                  And ouur-al maiȝt þou comen and go,
                                
                                  Whon a Moppe dasart schal not so;
                                
                                  As a lord schalt þou be cald,
                                
                                  Þer oþure schul stonde be-hynde vn-bald,
                                  Line 172 
                                
                                  And oueral þer þou gost aboute
                                
                                  Þe schal folewe ful gret route;
                                
                                  Of þe schal vche mon stonde gret eiȝe,
                                
                                  Wher þou wolt, þou miȝt go pleye.
                                  Line 176 
                                
                                  Do nou as I haue I-counseyled þe:
                                
                                  Proud & stout euer þat þou be!
                                
                                  ffor ȝif þou drawe þe to cumpaigny
                                
                                  Of pore wrecches þat wone þe by,
                                  Line 180 
                                
                                  Vche a Mon þat beo þe wey goþ
                                
                                  Of hem schalt þou be swiþe loþ,
                                
                                  And alle wolle þei ful ȝare
                                
                                  Lauhwhe þe to bisemare
                                  Line 184 
                                
                                  And sigge: "lo, Men mowe wel se
                                
                                  What Mon þat he þenkeþ to be!
                                
                                  A wrecche sone wol he ben,

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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.
Subject terms: English poetry

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