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 ...

And ȝut, man, þou art me so lef, Wiþ mercy and ruþe y bowe to þe. Ȝif y byd þe my lawe to fulfille, Þou hauntest þy synne, and wonest þeryn stille. Line 80 Þou hatest all þat loue my name. Þou wost þou seruest so gret blame: How darst þou byd me, for shame, To bowe to þe or worche þy wille? Line 84
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¶ Man, þou to my lawe art knyt; Why ho[l]ddest þou werre agaynes me, My worldis goodis in hord to pyt Fro pore þat þy breþeren be? Line 88 Art þou not warned by holy writ? I made, and bouȝte hem as dere as þe. Hit is wanhope goþ byfore ȝoure wit. Þat ȝe hyde, ful bryȝt y se. Line 92 ffor þe pyne y dede for ȝow dryȝe, Ȝeue þyn herte, wiþ teres of þyn eyȝe. Repente sore for þy trespas! So lyȝtly myȝt þou come to gras, Line 96 To heuene, to þat worþy plas, To byȝe to þe, on rode gan dyȝe.
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¶ Man, how darst þou my lawe preche, And telle þe articles of þe fay? Line 100 My wit word, wiþ þy mouþ teche, And in þy werkis þou seyst hit nay? Wiþ theues and wiþ spouse breche Þou delest and rennest nyȝt and day. Line 104 In pyne þou sechest þyn owen wreche. Thow temptest me to be wraþþeful ay. I mad þe wys and fayre, angels pere, Þou makest þe fool, and foul fendis fere. Line 108 Þy lyȝtnes þou spendest in harlotrye; Þy strengþe, in wraþþe and tyrauntrye; Þy fayrenesse, in pryde and lecherye. Þou settest at nouȝt, y bouȝt so dere. Line 112
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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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