• Book of Ruth

by, on Emalec was bred and born. He had a wyfe, heyght Neomy, and in ther tyme fell defawt of corn. Semly suns had thei two: the on was named Chelon, And that other of thoo, he was named Maalon.

• The Northern Homily Cycle: Homily 12, Fifth Sunday after Epiphany

it awaye. And he ansuerd and said, “Naye, For suagat spil mi corn ye maye, Yef ye draw up the darnel smalle, Ye mai draw up the corn witalle, Bot lates it til hervest stande, And I sal say til

• Codex Ashmole 61: Item 2, Right as a Ram’s Horn

Beleve he beryth wytnes, The Scribes and Fareseys hath left ther frewardnes And wedyd the cokyll clen oute of the corn. Thus be we governed, for soth as I gesse, Conveyed by lyn . . . AMEN. Righteousness; (see note)

• Codex Ashmole 61: Item 40, Vanity

fro. We labour ryght deuly with gret besynes, We dyge, we delve, we saw, we scher also, We geder the corn hom for other mens ryches. We have full seldom any restfull gladnes, Bot labour in poverté to the tyme

• Plowman Writings: Song of the Husbandman

65 70 Ich herde men upo mold make muche mon, Hou he beth itened of here tilyynge: Gode yeres and corn bothe beth agon; Ne kepeth here no sawe ne no song synge. 1 Nou we mote worche, nis ther

• The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield

wrong way have you gone; For you have forsaken the king his high way, And made a path over the corn." "O that were great shame," said jolly Robin, "We being three, and thou but one." The pinder leapt back

• Mankind

be a streyt examynacyon, The corn shall be savyde, the chaffe shall be brente. I besech yow hertyly, have this premedytacyon. [Enter Mischief] MISCHIEFI beseche yow hertyly, leve yowr calcacyon. Leve yowr chaffe, leve yowr corn, leve yowr dalyacyon. Yowr

• Jack Upland

nor gather into barns." 60 wede, corn, ne gras. H reads wode corn ne gras; C corne wode nor grasse. PLH emends to whete corn ne gras because of FDR 34 and 55 (Wede corn ne gras). I adopt PLH's

• Robin Hood and Little John

your debt, friend, I scorn." Then to it both goes, and follow'd their blows, As if they'd been thrashing of corn. The stranger gave Robin a crack on the crown, Which caused the blood to appear; Then Robin, enrag'd, more

• Robin Hood Rescues Three Young Men

a hangman was made. "I've a bag for meal, and a bag for malt, And a bag for barley and corn, A bag for bread, and a bag for beef, And a bag for my little small horn. "I have

• Piers the Plowman's Crede: Introduction

with a keen eye for detail. As in the C version of Piers Plowman, which includes Will's domestic circumstances in Corn Hill with his wife Kit (passus 6), Piers in PPC is characterized as a ragged plowman who toils with

• The Northern Homily Cycle: Homily 11, Fourth Sunday after Epiphany

len thee.” The beggar moht na better do, Bot sald this corn igain him to, And toc tharfor fif schilling, And went him forthe on his begging. Quen this corn to the kniht was sald, He did it in an

• Friar Daw's Reply

JU 56-63. 34 Wede, corn. The phrasing is from JU 60 (which, however, reads in the MSS either wode corn or corne wode). PLH emends to whete corn reading whete, corn; I emend JU to wede, corn based on this

• Lydgate, Troy Book: Prologue

might spend the night. 149 auctours. MS: auntours. 150 Of the dede the verreie trewe corn. MS: Of the dede of the verreie trewe corn. In medieval scriptural and literary exegesis, wheat and chaff commonly distinguish verbal ornament from the

• Poems Against Simony and the Abuse of Money: The Simonie

manslauht is i-come, 1 Whii hungger and derthe on eorthe the pore hath undernome, Whii bestes ben thus storve, whii corn hath ben so dere, 2 Ye that wolen abide, listneth and ye mowen here The skile.3 I nelle liyen

• Richard II's Reign and the Peasants' Revolt: Truthe, Reste, and Pes

lete, So mowe ye lyve in reste and pes. Old speche is spoken yore: What is a kyngdom tresory? Bestayle, corn stuffed in store, Riche comouns, and wyse clergy; Marchaundes, squyers, chivalry That wol be redy at a res, And

• Lydgate, Mesure Is Tresour

to yeer th’experiencce is seyn, Ne were the plough no staat myght endure; The large feeldys shulde be bareyn, No corn upgrowe nor greyn in his verdure, Man to suppoorte, nor beeste in his nature, For which we shulde of

• Codex Ashmole 61: Item 1, Saint Eustace

was all go. To worche he must than, With bow and arowys and with horn, For to kepe other mens corn, By dey and eke by nyght. Weddys to take and bestys to pynd — That was hym not comyn

• The N-Town Plays: Play 35, Harrowing of Hell (2); Appearance to Mary; Pilate and Soldiers

all youre wurchep, it is lorn: And every man may yow wel scorn, And bydde yow go syttyn in the corn And chare awey the ravyn. COSDRAM Ya, it was hygh tyme to leyn oure bost, For whan the body

• Lydgate, Saint Austin at Compton: Introduction

the promise of corn and wine, was interpreted as "the proclamation of Christ among all the nations," the dew as the Word of God, the rich soil as the multitudes of people who hear it, and the corn and wine