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 ...

Angels bryȝt, and deueles blake, In helle and heuene, my lordschipes be. Þere be no mo wayes to take; Is loue or hate more profyt to þe? Line 160
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¶ Ȝif þy loue to þy flesch doþ bende, To greue me þou dost bygynne. Ȝif þou loue þe world þat wole make ende, Of hym þou shalt more lese þan wynne. Line 164 Ȝif þou be suget, and loue þe fende, He wole þe hate, and ȝeue pyne for synne. Loue me! y am god, þy frende, And oure loues shal neuere twynne. Line 168
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¶ Wheþer trewe loue go or sende, Hym thar not tary in his dede. When mede haþ leue to stande byhynde, Þanne trewe loue, his erande may spede. Line 172 Þouȝ trewe loue haue lityl to spende, Euere he fyndeþ a frend at nede, Þat fro his foon wole hym fende. Who so is loued, hym thar not drede." Line 176
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¶ God sayþ, "y haue mercyes to dele, Þat wole amende, no more do mys. My mercyes, þousandes mo ken fele Þan þousandis worldis wikkidnes." Line 180 His herte blod wrot oure hele, And Ihesus body, þe parchemyn is; Wiþ trewe loue he prented oure sele, Þat is heritage of oure blis. Line 184
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¶ Þere is an herbe þat hatteþ 'trewe loue,' And by name it haþ no pere, Is lykned to Ihesus, y may proue: His handes and feet, þe leves were; Line 188
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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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London,: Pub. for the Early English Text Society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., limited,
1904-
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