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 ...

His herte was wiþ a spere þurgh-shoue, Mannys loue was hym so dere. What soule is syk, lay þat herbe aboue, Hit makeþ hool al y-fere. Line 192
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¶ God biddiþ vs do no þynges but two: In loue and drede to hym bende; Lede þy soule, lustes fro, World and flesch, and fro þe fende. Line 196 Ihesus herte was cleued so, To lete out trewe loue to his frende. In that blisse, god, graunte vs go, Þere trewe loue woneþ wiþouten ende! Line 200

XVIII. The declaryng of religioun. [[A.D. 1421]]

[Digby 102, leaf 117, back.] [24 stanzas of 8, abab, abab.]

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Who þat wole knowe condicion Of parfyt lyf in alle degre: God is foundour of religion, Obedyent to charyte. Line 4 Swete þouȝt in deuocion, Is weddid [folio 118a] to chastite, In brennyng contemplacion, Þe hiȝest lyf of spiritualte. Line 8
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¶ The goode lyueres in spiritualte, Þe worldly lyueres hem doþ hate, Wiþ occupacioun of temperalte Dryueþ relegeon out at þe ȝate Line 12 For besynesse of vanyte, Vaynglory, and hyȝe astate. Þat þus chaungen here degre, Þey come to heuene, neuere or late. Line 16
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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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