A Mumming at London:
Trinity R.3.20 Verses
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Folio 31 Verso (page 64)
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Of þe foure Cardinale •Be welcome to yowe þis Cristmasse •
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And þeos edoone komeþe Inne þe
feorþe lady cleped Dame feyre and wyse Attemperaunce •ɲ
Þis feorþe lady þat yee seon
heer •Humble debonayre / and sadde of cheer •
To sette al thing in gouuernaunce •
And for hir sustres to provyde •
Vyces alle shal circumsyde •
And setten hem in stabulnesse •
Witħ hir Cousin Soburnesse •
She shal frome vyces hem restreyne •
And in vertu holde hir reyne •
And þer Inne gyf hem libertee •
Eschuwing alle dishonestee •
And hem enfourmen by prudence •
ffor to haue pacyence •
Lownesse and humylytee •
And pruyde specyally to fee •
Contynence frome gloutonye •
Eschuwe deshoneste compaignyte •
ffleen þe dees and þe taverne •
And in soburnesse hem gouverne •
Witħ hert al þat euer þey can •
In vertu loven euery man •
Sey þe best ay of entent •
Woo þat seyþe weel, dooþe not Repent •
Notes
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This is bracketed on the left side and followed by a short line filler. ↩
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The EETS edition has "Detraccion" here, but there is no indication that there is an "i" here. The suspension mark seems more likely to be a "u" based on the scribal practice elsewhere in the manuscript. Additional 29729, in comparison, has "detraction." ↩
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