Dibdin, Thomas Frognall; Spencer, George John [Oth.]: Bibliotheca Spenceriana: or a descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century, and of many valuable first editions, in the library of George John Earl Spencer (Band 3) (London, 1814) [Cicognara, 4650-3]

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MISCELLANEOUS.

[Veldener,

conversation; Adam holding a spade in his right hand. Beneath
every eut there is a stanza of sour verses. Each stanza shall be given
as faithfully as it can be discerned in the original—parts of words
being in some places defaced.

1.

lirijc soite toilt rnp tel berstaen
€ottcn pnratiisc soe sult glji gaen
€nbe bact suit gtji bcn cngijel ticagljen
HDannccr t»at cpnticn scilcn mijn clagijen

2.

1$ict gijeeft fjem bie eitgljel tirpe grepnen claer
E>ie sai f)i ficgratten met sinen tiatier
£Daer of sai toasfcit enen fioeme goet
SDa .... €ristu£ aen sai storten sijn fiioet

1.

My dear son Seth mind what I say,

To Paradise now go thy way;

Where thou shalt of the angel ask
When I shall end my earthly task.

2.

To him three seeds the angel gave,

To bury in his father’s grave;

From which a goodly tree sliall spread^
And Christ thereon his blood shall shed.