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MAN BE WARE AND BE NO FOOL


Man Be Ware and Be No Fool
Edited by James M. Dean
Originally Published in Medieval English Political Writings
Kalamazoo, Michigan: Medieval Institute Publications, 1996


(Cambridge Univ. MS Dd.14.2 fol. 312r)

   
   
   
   
 Man be ware and be no fool:
Thenke apon the ax, and of the stool.
The stool was hard, the ax was scharp,                                    
The iiij yere of kyng Richard.
(see note)
executioner's block
   
(see note)
   


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