DIMEV 243
IMEV 130.5
NIMEV 130.5
After the sayings of men that been hold
On Discretion — 4 lines
Subjects: precepts, moral; advice
Versification: —
two-line —
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Manuscript Witnesses:
1.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Nn.4.12, f. 57
Transcription:After þe sayyngus off men þat ben holde
off þi good
frynd be nott þu to bold
No mestry yt ys a ffrynd to gett
But to
kepe hym wyll yt ys a proper feythet
Note: Below a line of musical notes; followed by ‘Brother syster vnkylle
anenete / Thomas Robert Wylliam, John / Roger Edwarde Edmunde
Rachard’.