The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton with an essay on the Rowley poems by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat and a memoir by Edward Bell |
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THE FREERE OF ORDERYS WHYTE.
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There was a Broder of Orderys Whyte,Hee sonnge hys Masses yn the Nyghte;
Ave Maria, Jesu Maria.
The Nonnes, al slepeynge yn the Dortoure,
Thoughte hym of al syngeynge Freeres the Flowre.
Ave Maria, Jesu Maria.
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Suster Agnes looved his syngeyng welle,And songe with hem too the sothen to tell;
Ave, &c.
But be ytte ne sed bie Elde or yynge
That ever dheye oderwyse dyd synge
Than Ave, &c.
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This Broder was called evrich wheereTo Kenshamm and to Brystol Nonnere;
Ave, &c.
Botte seyynge of masses dyd wurch hym so lowe,
Above hys Skynne hys Bonys did growe.
Ave Maria, &c.
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He eaten Beefe ande Dyshes of Mows,And hontend everych Knyghtys House
With Ave, &c.
And beynge ance moe in gode lyken,
He songe to the Nones and was poren agen;
With Ave, &c.
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