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 whan ȝe be þe perile paste, Kepe ȝow wel fro deþes flo, Fro costage, and be no more agaste. Eche man be war, er hym be wo. Line 104
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¶ Þe flesch haþ many frele frendis, Richesse, strengþe, fayrenesse, and hele; Whan it is mysvsed, þe soule it schendis. Richesse, rauenere of worldis wele, Line 108 Take fro þe nedy, to þe nedeles dele, And wylde recheles as a roo. Er ȝoure synnes ȝoure soules apele, Eche man be war, er hym be woo. Line 112

XV. The descryuyng of mannes membres.

[Digby 102, leaf 114.] [19 stanzas of 8, abab, abab.]

(1)
Where-of is mad al mankynde? Of seuene þynges, and it be souȝt: Erþe and water, fyre and wynde, Þerof is þe body wrouȝt; Line 4 Þe soule of þre, þat haþ þe mynde, Of lyf, felyng, and of þouȝt. Þe soule fro þe body vnbende, Whan on of þese lakkeþ ouȝt. Line 8
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¶ The heued, y likne to a kyng, For he is lord souereyn of al, Haþ foure to his gouernyng: Mouþ and nose, and eyen wiþ-al, Line 12 Eryn fayre to his heryng, To serue þe brayn is pryncypal Chef of counseil ymagenyng, To caste before, er after fal. Line 16
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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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