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 ...

ffor in astate grace lys— And wilfully wast it a-way. Who is fool, who is wys, After þey lyue, alle folk wole say. Line 168
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¶ A glosere is gredy ay to craue. Ȝeue hym no thyng, þouȝ he bede. A lord þat wole his worschip saue, Lerne not at a glosere to don his dede. Line 172 Ȝeue to vertuous men þat haue nede, Þat to god wole for þe pray: Þe pore mannys erande, god doþ spede. God wil not here what glosere wole say. Line 176
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¶ Alle þe þouȝtes ben but wast [Nota.] Wiþoute contemplacioun. ffro heritage of heuene is born o hast Shrifte wiþoute contricioun. Line 180 And werkys wiþoute discrecioun, Þat ȝifte pleseþ not god to pay, Ne preyer wiþoute deuocioun: God nyl not here what þey say. Line 184
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¶ Sum-tyme, and a worschip felle To a lord, in batayle, by goddis grace, Ȝif a glosere wolde telle Among folk, byfore his face, Line 188 Þe lord wolde bidde hym voyde þe place. Þou corayest ffauel, and stelest his hay. Of alle degre, of eche astate, After þey lyue, alle folk wole say. Line 192
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¶ A cheuenteyn may fyȝte o day, Þe victorye wiþ hym stande; ffor synne god mon tak it away, And put his swerd in enemys hande. Line 196
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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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