Gould, Robert Freke, 1836-1915 · New York : Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co. · leaf 311
place, m conse-quence of the versifier having forgotten to do so at theend of the historical part, to which it properly belongs.The opening lines are:— They ordent tlier a semble to be 3r-holde Every yer, whersever they wolde, To amende the defautes, yef any where fonde Amonre the craft withynne… … PROGRESS OP THE WORK. \ssembly (or Parliament) convoked b) Athelstan at anearlier stage of the metrical narrative (II. 63—86), andthat the Ordinance enacted at that gathering has itsanalogue in the certayne reule in the Cooke MS. The rhymist next presents us with a personal utteranceof King…
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