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Trinity R.3.20 Verses

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Folio 20 Verso (Page 40)
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A desgysinge to fore þe kynge •
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Nowe foloweþe here þe maner of a bille by wey1 •
of supplicacion putte to þe kyng holding his noble •
feest of Cristmasse in þe Castel of hertford as •
in a disguysing2 of þe Rude vpplandissħe people com •
pleyning on hir wyves / witħ þe boystoris3 aunswere •
of hir wyves / devysed by lydegate at þe Request of •
þe Countre Roullour Brys slayne at Loviers4 •
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Moost noble prynce witħ support of your grace •
Þer beon entred in to youre royal place •
And late ecomen in to youre castell •
Youre poure lieges / wheche lyke no thing weel •
Nowe in þe vigyle / of þis nuwe yeere •
Certeyne sweynes fulfroward of ther chere •
Of entent comon fallen on ther kne •
Notes
  1. There is a "b" to the left of the first line of this introduction. ↩
  2. The mark after the final glyph is most likely an otiose mark, but it differs enough from the scribe's typical practice regarding otiose marks at the end of terminal "g" to suggest the need for a formal note. ↩
  3. The EETS edition has "boystous," but it seems more likely that it is "boystoris" based on both the shape of the glyphs and the word in BL Additional 29729, which is "boystrus." ↩
  4. The line from "Brys" on appears to be an addition in a different hand, as determined by the shape of "at" in the line when compared with the above and the use of a straight line title as opposed to the primary scribe's use of a curved line. ↩

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