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

Icholde þe ful wilde & wod, Ȝef þou lesest so muche god, And ȝeuest hit for noht. Line 66
Mon, be war & eke wis Ȝef þou fallest, sone a-rys, Ne by þou none stounde; Line 69 Wiþ al þi myhte þou do þis, Þy soule sihþ, & soþ hit ys Blysse ichaue y-founde. Line 72
Mon, þou hauest wicked fon, Þe alre-worst is þat on (!), Here nomes y shal telle; Line 75 Þyn oune fleysh þy worst is fend (!); Þat best shulde be þy frend, Þat most doþ þe to quelle. Line 78
Þou cloþest him in feir[e] shroud, Ant makest þy fomon fat & proud, Ȝef y durste seyn; Line 81 Þou dest þy-selue muche wrong, Þou makest him bo fat & strong, To fyhte þe aȝeyn. Line 84
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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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