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The Testament of John Lydgate:
British Library Arundel 285 Verses

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f.172 recto
Folio 170 Versofolio 172 RectoFolio 172 VersoFolio 173 RectoFolio 173 VersoFolio 174 RectoFolio 174 Verso

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folio 172 Recto
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A1Lik ane fule how I was cled in quhyte •
Drawn as ane felloun in maist dulf wyß •
Wes lik ane Lambe offerit in sacrifice23 •
Behald and se þe haitfull wraichitneß •
Agane me put to my confucioun •
My ene blindit and hid with dirknes •
Beft and eke buft be fals Illucioun •
Saluft in scorne be þair fals kneling doun •
Behald all þis and sit mortall gyß •
How I onlit for mannes redempcioun •
Wes like ane Lambe offerit in sacrifice4 •
Behalde þe ministeres quhilk hadme in kepyng •
Behalde þe pyller and þe rapis strang •
Quhaur I was bunde my sydis fast bleding •
Most felly bet with þair scurges Lang •
Behalde þe battell þat I did wnderfang •
The wrang5 abyding of6 þe mortall empriß •
Throu þair accusing and þair sclanders wrang •
Was like ane lambe offerit in sacrifice •
Notes
  1. Similar to the beginning of this section on f.170 verso the initial letter is two lines, but carries over the top of the line rather than below. ↩
  2. Line seven of this verse is missing here. ↩
  3. The verse following this one, which is analogous to verse 105 in the EETS edition and begins "Behol the myntstres," is missing from this witness. ↩
  4. There is a line underneath the last four glyphs of this line, but that line does not appear to be a suspension. This may be meant to indicate to the reader that the following versee is meant to be elsewhere, as the following verse is 105. There is no indication between verses 104 and 105 on this page noting the shift. ↩
  5. The EETS edition has "bront" here. ↩
  6. While the initial glyph is unclear at first "offerit" in the first verse on the verso side of this page suggests this initial glyph is meant as "o." ↩

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