DIMEV 5600
IMEV 3549
NIMEV 3549
There was cast a stone that no man might lift
Tres mira — three lines
Subjects: riddles
Versification: —
three-line —
aaa
Manuscript Witnesses:
1.Source: Oxford, Merton College Lat. 248, f. 74
Transcription:þer was kast a ston þat no man miȝte lefte
þer was
knigt a knotte þat noman miȝte vn knette
þer was ytamed a
best þat noman miȝte wiþ sette
Note: Added to lower margin of page; ‘A’ precedes each of first
two lines.