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

                                
                                  Prince of Pees me schal him sen"—
                                
                                  Þeos beþ þe nomen, as ȝe mowe leeuen,
                                
                                  Þat þe prophetes him [H. to him]  ȝeeuen.
                                  Line 616 
                                
                                  Ȝif ȝe wolen heren, tellen I-chulle
                                
                                  How þat child is wonderfolle.
                                
                                  Such wonder nas neuer I-herd in sawe,
                                
                                  Ne neuere schal bi none dawe
                                  Line 620 
                                
                                  ffor no tyme [r. þinge? Fr. Pur riens ke peust avenir]  þat euer schal come,
                                
                                  As, God of heuene Mon bi-come.
                                
                                  ffor hose now I-seȝe heere [Exemplum] 
                                
                                  A child þat riht I-limed nere,
                                  Line 624 
                                
                                  Þat þreo ffeet and þreo honden beere;
                                
                                  And a-noþer þat oþerweis weere,
                                
                                  Þat hedde ffoot or Hond forlore;
                                
                                  And heo weore boþe so I-bore:
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                                  Weoren heo wonderfol, þeose two?
                                
                                  Nay, forsoþe, neoren heo, no,
                                
                                  ffor þe on hedde kuynde ouer meþ,
                                
                                  And þat oþer to luyte, and so hit geþ,
                                  Line 632 
                                
                                  Ac hit is as hit mot nede ben,
                                
                                  Of vn-mete kuynde a forschipte streon. [Fr. mustre, monster] 
                                
                                  Ak þat mihte Muche wonder ben [Exemplum] 
                                
                                  Ȝif me miȝte eny [mon] [H. seche a mon, Fr. un home]  I-seon
                                  Line 636 
                                
                                  Þat Monnes kuynde hedde al ariht,
                                
                                  Þat him neore to luite ne to muche wiht,
                                
                                  So þat he were al soþfast mon
                                
                                  Þat no forschippyng weore him on,
                                  Line 640 
                                
                                  And eke were good hors wiþ-alle!
                                
                                  Such þing may neuer bi-falle;
                                
                                  ffor [Fr. mes]  hose seȝe a such gederyng,
                                
                                  He mihte hit clepe a wonder þing.
                                  Line 644 
                                
                                  And ȝit is more wonder a þousend-folde
                                
                                  Of þe child þat Ysayȝe of tolde
                                
                                  And clepede him wonderful, for þon
                                
                                  Þat he is soþ God and soþ Mon.
                                  Line 648 
                                
                                  ffor of Monhede ne wonteþ him nouht;
                                
                                  And þorw him is al þing I-wrouht;
                                
                                  And wiþ-outen him is synne [H. withoute synne he is Fr.:D'umanite ne li faut rien,E kil est plein deu, co veum bien:Par lui tute rien est fet,E sanz li nule rien n'est,Kar en defaute n'est pas fetCom auant vous ai retret.]  euere,
                                
                                  ffor wone [H. wone therof]  dude he neuere,
                                
                                  Ne no schaft þorw him miȝte lees,

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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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