‘Prouerba Solomonis’ — 35 lines, generally in 6-line
stanzas (aaaabb) with an ‘0 and I’ refrain
Subjects: advice, moral
Versification: —
six-line —
aaaabb
2.Source: Cambridge UK, Gonville & Caius College 84/166, p. 91
First Lines:Salamon þe wyse says in hys sawys
Wordys walkon full wyde be
woundys & be ways…
Last Lines:…With a o and I invi to hym þai haue
qwar to mak us he hit
so sum tyme he was bot a knaue
Note: Stanzas of 4, 3, 3, and 4 lines, monorhyming, with two-line
‘o’ and ‘I’ refrains.
Attributed Title: Prouerbia Salomonis (p. 191)