e good
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Elye,
ffor ?
ffor ?
Adam Davy's Five Dreams about Edward II - 1389
Ofte eye & pride, harme doe? ; ? ere men mi? th yse;
So riche a man in londe nis; ? at mowe al-one be; 144
So riche a kyng in ? e werlde nys; ? at poure begger he nere,
ffor al ? e richesse ? at he ha? ; ? if vche man his fo were.
IT bifel in israel; by ? e kyngesday, swiche a cas:
? ere was a wise prophete; Elye ycleped he was. 148
In wildernesse he woned; ?
e good prophete Elye,
ffor ? e kyng awaited hym to sle; for his prophecie.
A morewen & an euen a Rauen; ? ere com vche a day,
And brou? th ? e prophete mete; in wildernesse ? ere he lay. 152
Si? en as oure lorde hym hete; to a toun he wende,
And sei? a widewe gadre wood; onon to hir he kende.
? ere he woned longe wi? hire; a day ? er fel a cas
? at ? e widewe son died; he was yhote Ionas; 156
Elie arered hym fram de?