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Middle English verse (inc. Now late me thought I would begin / My sinful language to abate) (Bodleian, MS Bodley 423 B)

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Middle English verse (inc. Now late me thought I would begin / My sinful language to abate) (Bodleian, MS Bodley 423 B)

Comment

Alternative title: A tretys to lerne to wepe
A lament of the Virgin Mary — in 12-line stanzas (ababababbcbc) with the refrain, ‘Who can not wepe come lerne at me’

Contains reference to Birgitta

0

Production date

1430-1440

Writing support

Parchment

Folios

ff. 192v-205r

Language

English, Middle

Position

6

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Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 423 (B) Book object