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

  • toure
  • 700
  • ne om. socoure
  • 701
  • Ther shalle never fo stonde him wyth
  • 702
  • thidur . fle seche
  • 703
  • sycoure . abowte
  • 704
  • alle peynted is abowte
  • 705
  • colours . byth
  • 706
  • The furst the fondement is all g.
  • 707
  • fast lythe
  • 708
  • is him that this myrthe sythe
  • 710
  • colur lesseth (ne om.)
  • 711
  • And sethyn . abouten om. hue
  • 712
  • Is bothe . eke om. blue
  • 713
  • cleputh
  • 714
  • And hyt s. over all feyre and b.
  • 715
  • ovenast
  • 716
  • I- om.
  • 717
  • withinne . withoute
  • 718
  • abowte
  • 719
  • raddur . euere om.
  • 720
  • Hit semyth it barnede all
  • 722
  • As is the swan when heo is swymbyng
  • 723
  • the l.
  • 724
  • After om. Enlong on the.
  • 725
  • Ther never there comyth wo ny wowgh
  • 726
  • But
  • 727
  • Amyd the toure a walle dede sprynge
  • 728
  • That never is drye but ernynge
  • 729
  • stremys . strykyn
  • 730
  • on
  • 732
  • Mechell
  • 733
  • That man nedeth non.
  • 734
  • aryȝht . watur
  • 735
  • thike toure
  • 736
  • thorne . meche
  • 737
  • As whyte as yuory
  • 738
  • somers . when heo
  • 739
  • all do
  • 740
  • byth
  • 741
  • oo feyre in order i-ioyned byth
  • 742
  • So feyre thyng in erthe . i-syth
  • 743
  • abowte it i-bend
  • 744
  • to him . i-send
  • 745
  • Ther nes never so feyre a chayere
  • 746
  • To kyng ne to emperour.
  • 747
  • But meche more worship . Inouȝ om.
  • 748
  • Ther God to alyȝht ches
  • 749
  • Suche a c. is ther non
  • 750
  • wes . thyke
  • 751
  • here-aftur . ne om.
  • 752
  • dyȝht
  • 753
  • hit om. and hit alle dede
  • 754
  • a. himself in thilke . feyre om. stede
  • 755
  • kyndam
  • 756
  • that st. myche
  • 757
  • That
  • 759
  • and hele and sycornesse
  • 761
  • maydons body . fre
  • 762
  • Ther . nas om. hoe
  • 763
  • I- om. was
  • 764
  • As . mayde
  • 765
  • mere betwynne too
  • 766
  • That hoe shuld us shylde from
  • 767
  • vs om.
  • 768
  • Hoe . here. After 768 H has 2 vv. more: ffor hoe may allerbest, And hoe woll allerblyvest
  • 769
  • true . trysti
  • 770
  • maydons body. forþi om.
  • 771
  • That therin never synne come
  • 772
  • And to serve God alle here hert shoe nome
  • 773
  • wyst here maydenhode . muche om.
  • 774
  • With grace and wyth s.
  • 775
  • to the roche fast
  • 776
  • grenship
  • 777
  • That is . maydonis
  • 778
  • alle here
  • 779
  • here . þat om. true
  • 780
  • e. hit is grene and newe.
  • 781
  • hire om. apertenent
  • 782
  • To . and fundement
  • 784
  • feyreshipe
  • 786
  • That in good hope wes here lyvyng
  • 787
  • Hoe wes
  • 788
  • serve . with
  • 789
  • and þe om.
  • 791
  • brande
  • 792
  • Ther is noon . mychill
  • 794
  • hoe . alle
  • 795
  • And shoe is i-tend . fyre
  • 796
  • To servyn here God ab.
  • 798
  • kepyn . hie . withowtyn
  • 799
  • þat om. abowten heere me syth
  • 800
  • thei byth
  • 801
  • strenghe . slyȝhship
  • 802
  • Ryȝht|wesnes . warship
  • 803
  • hath inst. of wiþ.
  • 804
  • That non evylle ther may com withinne
  • 805
  • what . baylys
  • 806
  • cornels byth . feyre.
  • 807
  • throwen inst. of I-cast . abowte
  • 808
  • the hoole toure withowte
  • 809
  • bayli
  • 810
  • That be|tokynth heere
  • 811
  • nes
  • 812
  • Goddys . she
  • 813
  • myddyll bayly
  • 815
  • otmast
  • 816
  • Betokenyth here hoole spousayle
  • 817
  • ffulle ryȝht me hem clepeth b. thre (forþi om.)
  • 818
  • That hadyn . here om. bayle
  • 819
  • ffor hoe here-self is m.
  • 820
  • ffor shoe is . weddes (!)
  • 821
  • these . in inst. of teon
  • 822
  • to an ende . I- om. byn
  • 823
  • And the sevyn barbacanes abowte
  • 824
  • so gret . byth wr. withowte
  • 825
  • kepyn these
  • 826
  • aroo
  • 827
  • byth sevyn vertuce that han wyth w.
  • 828
  • To om.
  • 829
  • Prude . begynnyng
  • 830
  • evyll thyng
  • 831
  • The whiche al matyd and overcome w.
  • 832
  • sheo
  • 833
  • heore true
  • 834
  • heore
  • 835
  • sheo m. to
  • 836
  • heere
  • 837
  • And all-so she dystried
  • 838
  • hire om. largenes on iche
  • 839
  • evermore . hoe
  • 840
  • pacyens . sheo
  • 841
  • heere gostly
  • 842
  • Dystryed slowth in
  • 843
  • walle . alle of g.
  • 844
  • fylleth . a om.
  • 845
  • so deled is
  • 846
  • goodnes inst. of Meth . wiþal om.
  • 847
  • And . lovyd
  • 848
  • That he heere ȝeve full grace outryȝht
  • 849
  • þe om. gr. withoute let
  • 850
  • Socur alle the w. i-ȝet
  • 851
  • Therfore . here
  • 852
  • One i-blessed . ladi om.
  • 853
  • whiche . byn
  • 854
  • Bote heere poverte that heo wes inne
  • 855
  • Ther was no mon-kynnes a.
  • 856
  • That myȝht dere the castell of nothyng
  • 857
  • fynde was overcome
  • 858
  • him all benome
  • 859
  • so om. freo
  • 860
  • spak . neddur . treo
  • 861
  • come . blyve
  • 862
  • hed inst. of pouste
  • 863
  • be heo this byrd
  • 866
  • Therfore of here soule . is
  • 867
  • And to . gestnyng
  • 868
  • of hire so ȝyng
  • 869
  • To brynge him out
  • 870
  • gareson
  • 871
  • feyre good
  • 872
  • Whill . meche
  • 873
  • then other that ever made was
  • 874
  • And tho the sonne of ryȝht|wesnes here ches
  • 875
  • And on heere when he shadowe wolde
  • 876
  • He feyred . thowsonde
  • 877
  • fast ȝate
  • 878
  • And om. owt-goyng . l. hit fast
  • 879
  • let we be st.
  • 881
  • O
  • 882
  • helpest . flyth
  • 883
  • comyn
  • 884
  • knocked . con grede
  • 885
  • He knocketh & gredyth . con
  • 886
  • Help . me om. mayde
  • 887
  • ...
  • / 931
    Pages Index

    Actions

    file_download Download Options Download this page PDF - Page 405 Image - Page 405 Plain Text - Page 405

    About this Item

    Title
    The minor poems of the Vernon ms. ... (with a few from the Digby mss. 2 and 86) ...
    Canvas
    Page 405
    Publication
    London,: Pub. by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., for the Early English Text Society,
    1892-1901.
    Subject terms
    English poetry

    Technical Details

    Link to this Item
    https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ape7335.0001.001
    Link to this scan
    https://quod.lib.umich.edu/c/cme/ape7335.0001.001/469

    Rights and Permissions

    The University of Michigan Library provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes. These materials are in the public domain. If you have questions about the collection, please contact [email protected]. If you have concerns about the inclusion of an item in this collection, please contact [email protected].

    DPLA Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States

    Manifest
    https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/api/manifest/cme:ape7335.0001.001

    Cite this Item

    Full citation
    "The minor poems of the Vernon ms. ... (with a few from the Digby mss. 2 and 86) ..." In the digital collection Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/ape7335.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2025.
    Do you have questions about this content? Need to report a problem? Please contact us.