Fragment of a religious instructional poem — in couplets
Subjects: religious instruction
Versification: —
two-line —
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1.Source: Cambridge UK, Cambridge University Library Addit. 4407 (19)d-f, Part. 27, ff. 1-2
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First Lines:…Þis firste braunche is als I tolde right
To honoure god
moste of myght
Bot man mai on thre maneres
Honoure god als þe boke
vs leres…
Last Lines:…Or to losongooures þat can make dyn
Gyues giftes for loos
purs be to wyn
Note: One bifolium; the first page very faded and stained by damp, so first
lines above are lines 39-42 of the fragment