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 ...

For synguler wynnyng to his astate, Lede his men, oþere to sloo: He shal be blessed neuere or late; His werkis curseþ hym, where he go. Line 96
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¶ The clene of herte, blissed be, Þat lyueþ after goddis lore. God hym self he shal see, Þere as blisse is euere more; Line 100 And gouerneþ wel his owen degre, And doþ þe dede þat he come fore; Fulfylleþ þe werkis of charyte: His vertue gadereth mede in store. Line 104
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¶ The herte þat is fyled in synne, And sulpeþ his soule wiþ spottes of blame, Goddis curs he doþ wynne, Þat spyseþ hym-self and goddis name. Line 108 His astate, he nele not dwelle þerynne; To serue god hym þenkeþ shame. Ȝif god and he departe o twynne, In helle he may be meked tame. Line 112
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¶ That is pursued [[MS. presued]] for riȝtwisnes Is blessid, where he go or ryde; Þe kyngdom of heuene is his, Þat querell to ende, in charite byde. Line 116 God wole brynge hym to heuene blis, And fro his enemys þere wole hym hyde; [Nota] And þo þat pursue hym with mys, To helle þey ben here awen gyde. Line 120
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¶ Thanne are they cursed in here lyf, Þat auaunceþ þe fals, and stroyeþ þe trewe, Mayntene fals querell and stryf, Riȝtwis men wrongly pursue, Line 124
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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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