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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¶ Ȝif suche a tale-tellere were, To a kyng apayre a mannys name, The kyng shulde boþe partyes here, And punysche þe fals for defame. Line 20 Þan fals men wolde ases for blame; ffor falshed, body and soule it sles. ffalshed endes ay in shame; And trouþe, in worschipe and in pes. Line 24
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¶ Whanne lawe is put fro riȝt assise, And domes man made by mede, ffor fawte of lawe ȝif comouns rise, Þan is a kyngdom most in drede. Line 28 ffor whanne vengeaunce a comouns lede, Þei do gret harm er þey asses. There no man oþer doþ mysbede, That kyngdom shal haue reste and pes. Line 32
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¶ Whan craft riseþ aȝens craft, In burgh, toun, or citee, Þey go to lordes whan lawe is laft, Whoche party may strengere be. Line 36 But wyse men þe sonere se By witles wille þey gedre pres, Or lordis medle in foly degre, Let lawe haue cours in reste and pes. Line 40
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¶ Ȝit þere is þe þridde distaunce Bryngeþ a kyngdom in moche noyȝe: Ofte chaunge of gouernaunce Of all degre, lowe and hyȝe. Line 44 A kyng may not al aspie. Summe telle hym soþ, summe telle hym les. Þe whete fro þe chaf ȝe tryȝe, So mowe ȝe leue in reste and pes. Line 48
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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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