) with 'falshede', 266, and the six '-ede' words in 267-272 (drede among them); of 'seide' with 'rede', 179-180, shows that the Elizabethan and our 'sed' is not, as has been asserted, a mere late slurring of the broad 'said', tho' that form or spelling has won in the fight for the
survival
of the fittest.
Adam Davy's Five Dreams about Edward II - 1389
of dihtan, see 254) 'pytte' (pit), 241-2; vchone, fon, 262-3. The ie is right: folie, wrie (inf.), 79-80; Elye, prophecie, 152-3, &c. The final e can hardly be allowd to ?ing (obl.) to match springe (inf.), 3-4 (see 59-60); cp. telle, wel, 55-6. Mowe, abou?e, 27-8, seem to show the silence of ?. There are two 'longe' s probably of the same mean|ing ryming, 91-2. The ryming of 'ysed' (pp.) with 'ded' (dead, pp.), 195-6; of 'sede' (perf.
) with 'falshede', 266, and the six '-ede' words in 267-272 (drede among them); of 'seide' with 'rede', 179-180, shows that the Elizabethan and our 'sed' is not, as has been asserted, a mere late slurring of the broad 'said', tho' that form or spelling has won in the fight for the
survival
of the fittest.
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[Laud MS. 622, leaf 69, back.]
SO mychel wisdom neuer y-herd was; as kyng salamon cou?e:
Vche word wyt & wisdom was; ?at com out of his mou?e.
?e kynde he cou?e of vche beest; & of vche quik ?ing,
And ?e vertu of vche herbe; ?at do? on er?e spr[i]nge; 4
And ?orou?
