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 ...

Þe wikkid resceueþ a dedly knyf, And his endeles dampnacioun; Þe good resceyueþ endeles lyf, To body and soule saluacioun. Line 80
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¶ When þou to chirche gost To resceyue god, wisely go. I suppose þe prest haue but on ost, Breke it, and parte to twenty and mo: Line 84 As moche is þe leste cost As in þe grettest pece of þo; Deme all yliche, lest and most; Quaue not, ne drede not, to sen hit so. Line 88
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¶ Þouȝ þe prest þe sacrament clyue In a þowsand peces and þre, Þe state, ne stature, ne myȝt doþ myue, Ne leseþ ne lasseþ of his pouste. Line 92 Þy fleschly syȝt þou shalt not lyue; But tokene of brekyng makeþ he; For fleschly skyn, no sacrement kan preue, In gostly bylyue shal saued be. Line 96
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¶ In old[e] lawe, ȝe wyten how At estren þey eten a lamb al ded, Is ouer put in newe lawe now; At estre, we eten quyk bred. Line 100 In old[e] lawe, for mannys prow, God þe comaundementis bed; And oure newe lawe we don allow, And kepen boþe by goddis red. Line 104
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¶ Lete þy mercy passe ryȝt, And forȝeue vs oure mysdede! Þy face, wiþ loue to seen in syȝt, In lond of lyf, þou vs lede. Line 108
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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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