Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

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

1374
clepud . profecy
1375
is to c.
1376
ffor om. Whill he on erthe here to walk nome
1377
fulfylled . thyng
1378
holy . byddyng
1379
Now . shull i-heryn
1380
i-holpe weryn
1381
synged . furst om.
1382
ete
1383
And all that thorgh Adamis kynde gete weryn
1384
bere . we om. beryn
1385
they hadyn his cors
1386
hit myȝht not els falle
1387
furst
1388
fflesshely of him we comy[n] uchon
1389-90
And for the synne that Adam in Paradys dede, All we that of him come shuld ha byn in sory stede
1391
grave (!)
1392
ȝeynbowght thorgh gostli
1393
to om.
1394
alle quemed
1395
by alle ryȝht
1396
That us so helpeth and us so hath dyȝht
1397
he om. wassheth
1398
And forbowght us hevyn to wynne
1399
Ther was never fadur to his child
1400
nas om. meke and myld
1401
ffor from
1402
ȝede
1403
tymes
1404
Er that he to aryse ches
1405
ȝet he rose up on the
1406
Erli in the marnyng on a Sonday
1407
When . to|breke
1408
This beryȝth Seynt Austyn wytnes and thus doth speke.
1409
And Cryst with him drow
1410
levedyn
1411
ffro
1412
And then he
1413
showed sone
1414
ȝete . drong and ȝode
1415
dayes . wes . fully
1416
his lawes sycurli
1417
Opon a day the dysciples were
1418
I-gedred to-gedre all in fere
1419
In a certeyn place ther hem among he come
1420
Of here m. hem he u.
1421
wonhope . they weryn
1422
And ȝet they syen him lyves mon
1423
þo om. ȝet myȝhten they
1424
Verely belevyn hit
1425
But ȝet here dowte to us doth be-heve
1426
ffor hit fasteneth.
1427
ffor to us this dowte is sicurnesse as I fynde
1428
Of the misbeleve of Thomas of Iynde
1430
Beleve that Cryst aȝeyn rysen was
1431
Tyll he hede i-hauled (!) is wondes wyde
1432
Longes
1433
i-syn his wondes . wete
1434
That he hade with nayles thorgh the fete.
1435-6
om.
1437
I wot.
1438
Lord . God
1440
Thu levyst this . syst
1441
I-blessed mote all tho byn
1442
That this belevyth and don hit not syn
1443
Oponliche thyke same day
1444
ffast and sycor he made oure fay.
1445
dysciplys . ȝete
1447
bad . togedur to gon
1448
Thorgh the w. to prechyn uche mon
1449-50
om.
1451
That they shuld be-levyn in God Allmyȝht
1452
And his lawes folewyn as hit is ryȝht
1453
ffadur nome. in2 om.
1454
holigostys that precedit hem fro
1455
Thawgh mon were now i-boren (eft at þe frome om.)
1456
To h. he myȝht not comen, H. adds: But he beleve in God ryȝht welle, And that shall him save fro helle.
1457-8
ȝef he i-folewed be and be [of] good lyfe, Thawgh he dye his soule shalle be in no stryfe.
1459
ffulle opynly . showeth us beforen
1460
iche . most twyes be boren
1461
And ȝef he shull twyes boryn byn
1462
Onus of oure modur furst we mot be boryn
1463
And efte of the watur of vertu
1464
Therto us ordeyned s. I.
1465
And om. When we this Crystendam han i-wys
1466
Vr sotheli fadur then he is
1467
we alle then . byth.
1468
Sykor un|kyndely he dyth
1469
seche a. ne om. loveth not
1470
He of the appull ȝete never r. n.
1472
Oure herytage
1473
lawes
1474
Of oon p. therof he hath not m.
1475
Ther nere never i-wyst ne holden
1476
Hent he him|selvyn come w.
1477
furst . that ever
1478
He br. . us benome
1479
But another that come fro hevyn without feyn
1480
He hath us get
1481
fflesshely wes the furst m.
1482
myche . apon
1483
out om.
1485
But o. gostili fadur
1486
Browght us aȝeyn
1487
When he downe fro hevyn come
1488
to hye
1489
He that . to the erthe him beyȝh
1490
He that fro. he om. steyȝh
1491
hali . that all folk him seyȝh
1492
That by him stode full nyȝh
1493
The way to us he made i-wys
1494
When he steyȝh to hevyn that holi blysse
1495
A sothefast way and to ever-duryng lyfe
1496
His feyre pray he hadde him wythe
1497
out of h. with him nome
1498
To meche ioy and blys he made hem come
1499
To that ioy and blysse . wynde
1500
Ther to lyvyn w. eynde
1501
dede
1502
is . and byth oon God ther
1503
Thre persons in Trinite
1504
And oon God in unite
1505
well inst. of mon
1507
And thawgh . these
1508
Byn syndry seyd as they shuld be
1509
On . w. dowte
1510
Maker of alle this world withinne and without
1511
Ioy, honoure, worship and lovyng
1512
Be to that God oure hevyn kyng.
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The minor poems of the Vernon ms. ... (with a few from the Digby mss. 2 and 86) ...
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1892-1901.
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