‘A sheath’, a double-entendre riddle — two
couplets
Subjects: riddles; ribaldry; erotic verse
Versification: —
two-line —
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1.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Dd.5.75, f. 63
v
Transcription:I haue a hole aboue my knee
& pricked yt was & pricked
shalbe
&yet yt is not sore
&yet yt shalbe pricked
more
Note: ‘sheath’ written to right. Formerly on a flyleaf of Formerly
on a flyleaf of Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Dd.5.76.
Attributed Title: Aenigmata
Editions: Person, Henry Axel.
Cambridge Middle English Lyrics.
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1953; rev. ed. 1962: 54.