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

Þe Rede wyn renneþ ryf; In Samaritane, God ȝaf a wyf Þat leof licour to drinke. Line 139
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LAdi! loue doþ þe to alegge! Line 140 Þi fruit is prikked wiþ speres ord; On Cros, wiþ-outen knyues egge, I kerue fruit of godes hord: Al is al red, Rib and Rugge; Line 144 His bodi bledeþ aȝeyn þe bord; I was piler and bar a brugge; God is weie, witnesse of word, God seiþ he is soþfast weye. Line 148 Mony folk slod to helle slider; To heuene, mihte no mon þider, Til god dyed, and tauȝte whider Men drawen whon þei dye. Line 152
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Moyses haþ fourmed in his figour, Line 153 A whit lomb, and non oþer beste, Schulde be sacred vr saueour, And be mete of mihtes meste. I was þat cheef chargeour; Line 157 I bar flesch for folkes feste, Ihesu crist vre saueour, He fedeþ boþe lest and meste; Rosted a-ȝeyn þe sonne, Line 161 On me lay þe lomb of loue; I was plater, his bodi a-boue; Til feet and hondes al to-cloue, Wiþ blood I was bi-ronne. Line 165
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Ȝit Moyses in Rule haþ rad, Line 166 We schulde ete vr lomb in sour vergeous; Sour vergeous mai make vr soules glad, To serwe sore for sunnes ours. Line 169 Sour vergeous schal make þe deuel adrad, [folio 316:2] ffor he fleccheþ fro godes spous.
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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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