In the rymes the
equiva|lence
of final '?
Adam Davy's Five Dreams about Edward II - 1389
--A.
Neubauer.
] (the widow of Zarephath's son, 1 Kings xvii.
17) to life, 156-65; going to Horeb, 166-73; his choosing Elisha, 174-7; burning up king Ahaziah's messengers (2 Kings i.
10-12), 178-199; and going to heaven in a fiery horse and cart (2 Kings ii.
11), 200-213; p.
86-88;
4 of ELISHA, his purifying a well with salt, 214-225 (2 Kings ii. 19-22); and multiplying a poor woman's oil, 226-233 (2 Kings iv. 1-3); p. 88;
5 of DANIEL in the lions' den, fed with Abacue's food, 234-263; and of Apostles and Friars preaching Christianity, 264-7; p. 88-89;
6 of the Day of Doom, 268; and herein, p. 89-90;
7 of ANTICHRIST, 272; how he shall go into the Holy Land, 274; slay Enoch and Eli, who have come to earth from Paradise to fight him, 292-6; and shall then himself be smitten to death by the Holy Ghost in the form of a sword.
All in alternate fours and threes*. [A few fours, as 183, 202, 207, are but three measures; while a few threes, as 234 and 244, are fours. ], the latter ryming.
In the rymes the equiva|lence of final '? th' with '? t' is to be noted*. [Cp. Havelok, fiht, rith, 2716; with, knith = wiht, knight, 2720. --Skeat. ],--l. 52, 51, 71-2; (but see 57-8, 7-8, 19-24, 33-4, &c. ),--and these forms and rymes: prep. mytte (with), wytte, 43-4; but 'myde', iryde (ridden), 249-50; er? e, fier? e (fourth), 99-100; mesure, here, 89-90; consaile (obl. ), availe (inf. ), 115-16; but conseil (obj. ), israel, 141-2; sei? e (3 pl.
4 of ELISHA, his purifying a well with salt, 214-225 (2 Kings ii. 19-22); and multiplying a poor woman's oil, 226-233 (2 Kings iv. 1-3); p. 88;
5 of DANIEL in the lions' den, fed with Abacue's food, 234-263; and of Apostles and Friars preaching Christianity, 264-7; p. 88-89;
6 of the Day of Doom, 268; and herein, p. 89-90;
7 of ANTICHRIST, 272; how he shall go into the Holy Land, 274; slay Enoch and Eli, who have come to earth from Paradise to fight him, 292-6; and shall then himself be smitten to death by the Holy Ghost in the form of a sword.
All in alternate fours and threes*. [A few fours, as 183, 202, 207, are but three measures; while a few threes, as 234 and 244, are fours. ], the latter ryming.
In the rymes the equiva|lence of final '? th' with '? t' is to be noted*. [Cp. Havelok, fiht, rith, 2716; with, knith = wiht, knight, 2720. --Skeat. ],--l. 52, 51, 71-2; (but see 57-8, 7-8, 19-24, 33-4, &c. ),--and these forms and rymes: prep. mytte (with), wytte, 43-4; but 'myde', iryde (ridden), 249-50; er? e, fier? e (fourth), 99-100; mesure, here, 89-90; consaile (obl. ), availe (inf. ), 115-16; but conseil (obj. ), israel, 141-2; sei? e (3 pl.
