A Political Prophecy — at least twenty lines in quatrains
Note: Ringler Jr. (1992)
XRingler Jr., William A.
Bibliography and Index of English Verse in Manuscript
1501-1558.
London: Mansell, 1992; prepared and completed by
Michael
Rudick
and
Susan J.
Ringler
, TM 398.
Subjects: prophecies, political
Versification: —
four-line —
abab
1.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Kk.6.16, f. 153
v
Transcription:Fals love whan vi setteth ayenst viij
[ ] of temtacion
[ ] when vi
ous[ ]eth viij
[ ] es in Ingland shal
gret tribulacion
[ ] to a
bank
[ ]yler & wepe
[ ] litil thank
[ ] shal0l ben in prisoun
ful depe
[ ] proffre peas
[ ] springe ful wide
But alyens therefor
shal lepe hedles
But Efter [ ] abide
The ii portis [ ]
plentie
fflaunders [ ] shal be
tthat [ ] shal
[ ]
[ ]
[
]
[ ]
[ ]telistes shal [ ]reste
Note: Twenty lines, most of them illegible because of stains.