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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¶ The synnes þat wolde þy soule apayre, To a prest shewe þe cas. Loke þat þou not paynte hit fayre, But shewe it forþ riȝt ful as it was. Line 44 Þat shame is mede for þy trespas; ffor synne þat wolde þy soule þrete, Aske mercy, and seche gras, Wiþ god of pes when ȝe trete. Line 48
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¶ That clippen money, þey haue þe curs ffoure tymes in þe ȝere; Here waȝtes, þat þey waye þe wors, Ȝerde or elne, fer or nere; Line 52 Wheþer þey selle good chep or dere: But þey þe full mesure mete, Hit semeþ in skornyng þat it were, Wiþ god of pes whan ȝe trete. Line 56
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¶ Auyse ȝow þat leden lawe, ffor drede of lordschipe or for mede Holde no pore men in awe To storble here ryȝt or lette here nede. Line 60 Hit bryngeþ þe soule in gret drede, Aȝens goddis lawe to plete. Þe rolles ariȝt y red ȝe rede, Wiþ god of pes when ȝe trete. [folio 107a] Line 64
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¶ That haldeþ questes or assise, Þat takeþ or ȝeueþ fee or hire, Lette not lawe fro riȝt gyse, Ne mayntene wrongis as master and sire. Line 68 Þey may be ferd for helle fire, To ete here neyȝebores at here mete. Þat lyf shal not euere more dure; ffor-þy, wiþ god of pes ȝe trete. Line 72
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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,
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