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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¶ He is a fool, that doth answere To a man er tale be told; But after the dede deme there; Lete not lawe be fauoured ne sold. Line 156 Suche maken fals men be bold, [folio 99b] And false men myghte stroye a thede. Er charitee in hert wexe cold, Man, knowe thy self, loue god, and drede. Line 160
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¶ Ȝif a man do a-nother mys, Neighbores shuld hem auyse, The trespasour amende and kys, Do bothe parties euene assise. Line 164 Old horded hate maketh wratthe to rise, And ofte gilteles blod to blede. ffle fro fooles, and folwe wise. Man, knowe thy self, loue god, and drede. Line 168

II. Mede and muche thank.

[Digby 102, leaf 99, back.]

[11 stanzas of 8, abab bcbc.]

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IN blossemed buske I bode boote, In ryche array, with ryches rank, ffaire floures vnder foote, Sauour to myn herte sank. Line 4 I sawe two buyrnes on a bank. To here talkyng I tok hede. That on preysede moche thank, That other held al with mede. Line 8
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¶ That on, a trauaylyng man had ben, He was but in mene array; That other clothed in gawdy gren, Blasande briȝt, embrowdid gay. Line 12
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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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1904-
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