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ich wille beginne, þat ich habbe here isaid,, Let hit in ȝoure hertes be leid,, Poure and riche, ȝonge and old,, And ȝe sscholle here hit itold., We sschulle beknowe to Ihesu Crist, And to his moder Marie, And to

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New York: G. Olms, 1969): 139-147. Corrections in: A. J. Bliss, 'The Auchinleck Life of Adam and Eve', Review of English Studies, ns 7 (1956): 406-409. D. Laing, A Penni Worth of Witte, Abbotsford Club (Edinburgh, 1857): 49-75. Manual II,

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Edition: E. Zettl, An Anomymous Short English Metrical Chronicle, EETS OS 196 (London: Oxford University Press, 1935). (With all variants). Another edition: M. C. Carroll and R. Tuve, 'Two Manuscripts of the Middle English Anonymous Riming Chronicle', PMLA, 46 (1931):

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fede,, Sir Rohand þe trewe;, He tauȝt him ich a lede, Of ich maner of glewe, & euerich playing þede,, Old lawes & newe;, On hunting oft he ȝede,, To swiche a lawe he drewe , Al þus,, More he

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be þou hom., I haue icast to þe mi loue, Of al worhtlich þing aboue., þi louerd þe emperour is old,, Of kinde, of bodi he is cold., I swere, bi sonne and bi mone,, Wiȝ me ne hadde he

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was in þat lond., Costus his name was told., A douhter he had & no mo,, XV. winter was sche old., Katerine was hir riȝt name., of witt & wisdome was sche bold,, Jhesu sche loued aldermest —, for his

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Bot þai founde þer no wiȝt, þat hem wold herberwe þat niȝt, No hem help wiþ non almosedede., Into an old porche þai ȝede, þat stode toforn a mannes hous., þurth þe grace of swete Ihesus, þai lay þer what

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Gascoine, & þurthout al Breteyne., & into Jnglond wenden y gan, & asked þer mani a man, Boþe ȝong & old,, & in Warwike þat cite, þer he was lord of þat cuntre, For to hauen in wold., Ac y

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Gascoine, & þurthout al Breteyne., & into Jnglond wenden y gan, & asked þer mani a man, Boþe ȝong & old,, & in Warwike þat cite, þer he was lord of þat cuntre, For to hauen in wold., Ac y

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him priked on her stede., Edinburgh Fragments end and St Andrews Fragments begin, Couþe as w..þ , al, Whider so .old þemperour, þe þridde d after rd, A winde co Richard, ..... ..... ..... ...., his seyl. . d galays,

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of miche pris, Biforn him þai weren ycald., Alle þe lond þat euer was his, Biforn hem alle, ȝong & old,, He made his soster chef & priis,, þat mani sieȝing for him had sold,, & bitauȝt hir þe kniȝt,,

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Er þe soule be hider ydiȝt,, þe pain schal ouerfle., Strong & heui is it þan,, Here to com þe old man,, þat long in sinne haþ be.’, Forþ þai went til þai seiȝe, A mounteyn þat was swiþe heiȝe,,

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þat day., Beues seide ‘For soþ, ywis,, I not neuer what dai it is,, For I nas boute seue winter old,, Fro Cristendome ich was isold;, þarfore I no can telle nouȝt þe, What dai þat hit miȝte be.’, þe

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seyden þat it most ben;, What for loue what for ay, Non no durst oȝain say, Ac þer þai chosen old & ȝing, Fortiger to ben her king., Mirie time is Auerille, þan scheweþ michel of our wille,, In feld