Lystyne Lordys Verament
(also called "A Shoemaker's Verse Testament" (c.1475-1500)
Manuscript Oxford, Lincoln College, MS Lat 141 f.5-6             

f.5.v Pyrdow, pyrdow, pydowy, wows se bone
Trenket sowterly
  Lystyne lordys veramente
How the sowt hath mad hys testament
e,
     Wt py.
  He bequethyd to Mabb hys wyffe
Hys paring bord, hys carwyng knyfe
     Wt pyrd.
  He bequethyd to his sone Ihon
Hys lastys, his lygellys ewyrylkon
     Wt pyrdo.
  He bequethyd to his sone Tome
Hys chaspy and his schoyng horne
     Wt pyrdowy.
f.6.r He bequethyd to his sone Hyk [Dicke]
Hys tranket hys turning styk
e
    Wt pyrdowy.
  He bequeythyd to his sone Coke
Hys sterop and hys fotyng-blok
e
    Wt pyrdowy.
  He bequethyd to his sone How
All že brystyllys of a sowe
    Wt  pyrdowy.
  He bequethyd to his dowtyr Belle
Hys talow, his gres, now euedell
e
    Wt  pyrdowy.
  He bequethyd to his dowtyr Anne
Hys blackyng pot. his blacking pan
    Wt  pyrdowy.
  He bequethyd to his dowtyr Kat
Hys nallys hys thombys blake
    Wt  pyrdowy.
  He bequethyd to his dowtyr Ione
Kyng Coltyng spone hys orgone
    Wt  pyrdowy.
  Thus že sowter mad hys ende
He lygge in graff by Kyng Coltyng
    Wt  pyrdowy.

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