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Cambridge Middle English Lyrics

RELIGIOUS POEMS

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Love Songs and Complaints

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Satirical Pieces

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48. The Dyscryuyng of a Fayre Lady

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49. O Mosy Quince

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50. When Women Will Reform

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52. Punctuation Poem

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53. Alas, quid eligam ignoro

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54. The Poor Widow and the Rich Man

Riddles / Aenigmata

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50. When Women Will Reform

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Didiscere flere feminam mendacium est

When fishes in the water leve their swymmyng
And the byrdes in the woodes their syngyng
Then the craftie women desist their wepyng
Deludyng their sely husbandes by fals lying