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Hoccleve's Works. II

The minor poems in the Ashburnham Ms. Addit. 133. ... Edited by Sir Israel Gollancz

Hoccleve, Thomas (1370?-1450?)

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I. Inuocacio ad patrem.

II.

II. Ad filium Honor et Gloria.

III.

III. Ad spiritum sanctum.

IV.

IV. Ad beatam virginem.

V. Item de beata virgine.

VI.

VI. Item de beata virgine.

VII.

VII. The story of the Monk who clad the Virgin by singing Ave Maria.

VIII.

VIII. “Lepistre de Cupide.”

IX.

IX. Balade to King Henry V.

X. Three Roundels.

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La response.

Hoccleve's Humorous Praise of his Lady.

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Hoccleve's Humorous Praise of his Lady.

(1)

Of my lady, wel me reioise I may:
hir golden forheed is ful narw & smal;
hir browes been lyk to dym reed coral;
And as the Ieet / hir yen glistren ay.

(2)

Hir bowgy cheekes been as softe as clay,
with large Iowes and substancial.
Of my lady, [wel me reioise I may:
hir golden forheed is ful narw & smal;
hir browes been lyk to dym reed coral;
And as the Ieet / hir yen glistren ay].

(3)

Hir nose / a pentice is, þat it ne shal
Reyne in hir mowth / thogh shee vp-rightes lay.
Of [my lady, wel me reioise I may:
hir golden forheed is ful narw & smal;
hir browes been lyk to dym reed coral;
And as the Ieet / hir yen glistren ay].

(4)

Hir mowth is nothyng scant / with lippes gray;
Hir chin vnnethe / may be seen at al;
Hir comly body / shape as a foot-bal:
And shee syngith / ful lyk a papeJay.
Of [my lady, wel me reioise I may:
hir golden forheed is ful narw & smal;
hir browes been lyk to dym reed coral;
And as the Ieet / hir yen glistren ay].

Cest tout.

After our song / our mirthe & our gladnesse
Heer folwith a lessoun of heuynesse

Salomon Extrema gaudij luctus occupat, &c.

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