human-headed, winged lamb, calling forth human-headed locusts from smoke of the inferno; star fallen from the sky, at Revelations Chapter 9. Manuscript mentioned in Yates Thompson Appendix 52-54.Glossed French prose.ff. i-iv are paper flyleaves. 1 large historiated initial, accompanied by
And wynges bitere wiȝ to bete;, As a lyoun he hadde fet,, And his tail was long an[d] gret., þe smoke com of his nose awai, Ase fer out of a chimenai., þe knyȝt and squiers he had torent,, Man
dede more qued:, Edulf, er he wer dede,, Of Jnglond he rered a lok, Of ich hous þat come out smoke,, To Rome ȝif a peni, ywis., þat Rome Peni cleped is., Edulf in þat maner, Liued at Rome seuen
day, þe persone in þine armes lay,, On þi dore þi lord gan knoke, & þou stirtest vp in þi smoke, Wel neiȝe wode for dred & howe,, Vp þou schotest a windowe, & þe persone þou out lete, &
pikpurs and eke the pale drede The smyler wyth the knyf vnder the cloke The shepne brennyng wyth the blak smoke . The treson of the mordryng in the bed The open werre wyth woundes al bibled Contek wyth blody
þunder dent and fyre leuene , Mote þy wicked necke be to broke þou seist þat droppyng houses and eek smoke And chydyng wyues maken men to fle Out of here owne houses a bñdicite What eyleþ swich an olde
eke the pale drede The smylere wt þe knyf , vnder the cloke The shippen brennyng , wt the blak smoke The tresoū of the morderyng , in the bedde The open werre , wt woundes al be bledde Conteke
dynt , and firy leuen Mote thy welked nekke , be to broke Thow seist that droppyng houses , eke smoke And chidyng wyues , maken men to flee Out of here owen houses , a benedicite What eilith swich
the pale drede The smyler , with the knyfã vnder the cloke The shepne , brennynge , wt the blake smoke The tresoū , of the mordrynge in the bedde The open werre , wt woundes al bibledde Contek with