DIMEV 5612.5
NIMEV 3555.55
These Douzepeers come to the friars them for to shrive
Inserted in Robert Mannyng’s Chronicle — two long lines,
each containing a couplet and tail rhyme
Versification: —
tail rhyme —
aab
Manuscript Witnesses:
1.Source: London, Inner Temple Petyt 511.7 (Part VII), f. 177
r1
Transcription:þise duȝepers
come to þe freres
þam for to
schrive
þe Iugement
ageyn þam went
to shorte þer
line
Note: Begins at top of folio.
Attributed Author: Couwe (f. 177, margin, in rubric)
Editions: Sullens, Idelle,
ed.
Robert Mannyng of Brunne: The Chronicle.
Binghamton, NY: Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies, 1996: 656.