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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¶ A questyon of ȝow y craue,— Resoun assoyleþ it by skille,— Who may here soules saue, To were an abyte, wole or nelle? Line 52 Þenk on þy berþe, þenk on þy graue, Þy fleschely lustes not fulfille; For, helle ne heuene shal no man haue, Mawgre his teeþ, aȝeyns his wille. Line 56
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¶ Thouȝ þou be of gentyl blod, Þenk all com of Adam and Eue. Gadre not in propre, worldis good; Þat nes no religeous, but worldis reue. Line 60 Þe herre degre, þe mekere of mood. Tak no vengeance, þouȝ folk þe a-reue. Lat comon lawe stonde as hit stood, Loke no proude herte þy charyte meue. Line 64
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¶ Haue non enuye, [folio 118b] day ne nyȝt, To goode lyuers bet þan ȝe, But auyȝe faste wiþ all þy myȝt To lyue beter þan doþ he: Line 68 Þan countrefetest þou goddis knyȝt; Þat is enuye in charite. Alle þouȝtes in goddis doom are diȝt, And dedes, after þat þey be. Line 72
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¶ Tho þat lyuen in fleschly delys, Fro þat companye remewe; Loue here bodyes, but not here vys, And cherische hem to good vertue; Line 76 And þo þat wil al-gate be nys, Loke þou noȝt here maneres sewe. Go to company þat is wys, Lete fooles drynke þat þey dede brewe. Line 80
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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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