Twenty-six political and other poems (including 'Petty Job') from the Oxford mss. Digby 102 and Douce 322. Ed., with introduction and glossarial index, by D. J. Kail ...

To pyne ne blis, take non hede, But loue god, for good he is. Suche loue to god, his erande doþ spede, [Nota de amore dei &c.] And pleseþ best to god y-wys. Line 32
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¶ Fleschly man may do wele Þe seuene werkes of mercy þat god bed: Ȝeue pore folk mete and mele, Herberwe, drynk, cloþe, and fed, Line 36 For syngulere profyt, eche a dele, For drede of pyne, and couetys of mede. Loue god ouer all, for good he is; To pyne ne blisse, take non hede. Line 40
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¶ Ȝif þou sette loue in þat degre, To loue god, for he þe wrouȝt, Þan make þou hym as he dede þe, Þan loue for loue, euene is brouȝt. Line 44 ȝif þou loue god, for he made þe fre, Þat dyȝed for the, to blisse þe bouȝt, Þan dyȝe þou for hym, as he dyȝed for þe; Ȝut heuene blisse, þou quytest hym nouȝt. Line 48
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¶ Ȝit o thyng þere is byhende, Man, þat god askeþ of the: "Alle worldys delys, fro þyn herte wende, Wiþ alle þyn herte, loue þou me. Line 52 Þy swete þouȝtes [þou] me sende; For worldis goodis, myn are he. Loue me gostly, þat am þy frende, Þanne al euyl shal fro þe fle. Line 56
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¶ Þat loue me gostly, y can assay, For gostly loue in herte y souȝt. Do worldly thyng fro þyn herte away, And haue me principal in þy þouȝt. Line 60
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Twenty-six political and other poems (including 'Petty Job') from the Oxford mss. Digby 102 and Douce 322. Ed., with introduction and glossarial index, by D. J. Kail ...
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