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Folio 27 Recto (page 55)Folio 27 Verso (page 56)Folio 28 Recto (page 57)Folio 28 Verso (page 58)Folio 29 Recto (page 59)Folio 29 Verso (page 60)Folio 30 Recto (page 61)Folio 30 Verso (page 62)Folio 31 Recto (page 63)Folio 31 Verso (page 64)

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Folio 28 Verso (page 58)
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Þe foure •
But whanne þe sonne / shoone mooste brigħt •
Of his tryumphe / fer and neer •
And he was corouned / witħ laurier •
Vnwarly thorugħe / hir mortal lawe •
Witħ bodekyns / he was eslawe •
At þe Capitoyle / in Consistorye •
Loo / affter al his gret victorye •
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See howe þis lady can appalle •
Þe noblesse of þeos prynces alle •
She haþe twoo1 tonnys in hir Cellar •
Þat oon is fful / of pyment cler •
Confoit witħ sugre and spyces swoote •
And mannys2 delytable Roote •
But þis is yit þe worst of alle •
Þat oþer tonne is ful of galle •
Whoo taasteþe oon / þer is noon ooþer •
He moste taaste eeke of þat toþer •
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Whos sodeyne chaunges beon not sofft •
ffor nowe sheo can reyse oon alofft •
frome lowgħe estate / til hye degree •
In olde storyes / yee may see •
Estates chaunge / whoo takeþe keepe •
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ffor oon Gyges / þat kepte sheepe •
Sheo made / by vertu of a ring •
ffor to be made / a worþy kyng •
And by fals mourdre / I dare expresse •
he came to al his worthynesse •
Moost odyous / of alle thinges •
And Cresus ricchest / eeke of kynges •
Was so surquydous in his pryde •
Þat he wende vponn noo syde •
Noon eorþhely thing migħt him pertourbe •
Nor3 his ryal estate / distourbe •
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Til on a nigħt a dreme he mette •
Howe Iuvo / in þe ayre him sette •
And Iubiter / he vnderstondes •
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ecclesiasticus •
xxvi°. cap° •
Notes
  1. MacCraken renders this as "two," but it's clear both from the layout of glyphs in the word and comparison with "with" both earlier and two lines below "twoo" that this must be two letters. This serves as another example of a stealth edit that MacCraken has done. ↩
  2. MacCracken corrests this to "manny" in the EETS edition, making a marginal note that he's done so. I'm not sure why this word, in particular, merits a marginal note when other edits made do not. Additional 29729 renders it as "mannys," suggesting that it is either intentional to Lydgate's original composition or that Add. 29729 and Trinity R.3.20 shared an exemplar that contained "mannys." ↩
  3. The form of "N" here is markedly different from other examples -- see "Noon" above -- with an ascender to the left that dips well below what is expected and a malformed bow. It may be that the scribe started out writing the first "f" of "For," then corrected. Add. 29729 has "Nor," as does the EETS edition based on this manuscript. ↩

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