Bi a wey - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Bibliography Entry

"Bi a wey …" (incipit)

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External References:	IMEV 562 NIMEV 562 DIMEV 925 Wells 13.79
Manuscript, print, and LALME references:	Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. poet. a.1 (Vernon) . (Pref. MS) LALME: vol. 1. 148. "MS in one hand except for the Index." LP 7630. Worcs. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 343 . Princeton, University Library, Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections, Garrett 143 . London, British Library, Sloane 2593 . LALME: vol. 1. 116. "MS in one hand. … A minstrel book [with] a reference to King's Lynn." LP 4279. Norfolk.
Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited:	The Minor Poems of the Vernon MS, part 2, ed. F. J. Furnivall, Early English Text Society, Original Series 117 (1901; reprint 1987). Religious Lyrics of the XIVth Century, ed. C. Brown (1924). R. K. Root, "Poems from the Garrett Manuscript," Englische Studien 41 (1910). B. Fehr, "Die Lieder der Hs. Sloane 2593," Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen 109 (1902). The Minor Poems of the Vernon Manuscript, part 2, ed. F. J. Furnivall, EETS 117 (1901; reprint 1987). (MS Vrn)
MED title stencils and sources:	Vrn (Eng.poet. a.1) c1390 Bi a wey (Vrn) The Minor Poems of the Vernon MS, part 2, ed. F. J. Furnivall, Early English Text Society, Original Series 117 (1901; reprint 1987).688-92. Ashm 343 c1400 Bi a wey (Ashm 343) Religious Lyrics of the XIVth Century, ed. C. Brown (1924).157-60. Gar 143 a1450 Bi a wey (Gar 143) R. K. Root, "Poems from the Garrett Manuscript," Englische Studien 41 (1910).374-76. Sln 2593 a1450 Bi a wey (Sln 2593) B. Fehr, "Die Lieder der Hs. Sloane 2593," Archiv für das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen 109 (1902).59-62. Note: MS redated a1450 from c1450 June 2019 in consultation with OED. So R. L. Greene, Early English Carols (2nd ed., 1977), 306 and K. R. Palti, University College London diss. 2008, p. 69.