Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

XXII. SIR DAVID LYNDESAY, 459. There shall be earthquakes; 1. 5500,10. The earth shall become a plain.11. Men shall come out of caves ; 1. 5490.12. The stars shall fall ; 1. 5330 (^not prmted here).13. The dead shall rise ; 1. 5488.14. The living shall die.15. The world shall be burnt.The above list is from Hampole's Pricke of Conscience, whenceLyndesay has borrowed largely, Lyndesay omits some of these purposely,because they are not (as he supposes) in the Bible. This hesays expressly in another passage, 11. 5316-5323:'And mony toknis dois appeir.As efter, schortlye, thow sail heir,Quhow that Sanct Iherome doith indyte,That he has red, in Hebrew wryte.Off fiftene signis in speciallAfTore that lugement Generall.Of some of thame I tak no cure,Quhilk I fynd nocht in the scripture.'5473, ' And, weeping, shall curse their fortune,'5510, The ' Monarche' is supposed to be a long dialogue between aCourtier and Experience, wherein theformer asks short questions, andthe latter gives long explanations. In like manner Gower's ConfessioAmantis or Lover s Confession is written as a dialogue between a Loverand a Sage,5517, Funding; put iox funden, i. e, found. There are numerousinstances in Lowland Scotch, where -ing is thus written for -eti inverbal inflexions. Cf beholdinge for beholden in Sect. XXV, 10.Vpon lytte, in life, alive.5528. Noye, Noah ; Matt. xxiv. 37.5532. Mahand pley, making a plea, pleading.5534. On the field-going, on an expedition into the fields. Going is anoun ; the pres. part, would be goand in old Lowland Scotch, or rathergafigand, as the latter is the form really used.5551. Walk, wake, watch; Matt. xxiv. 42.5553, ' As if Christ would come immediately.' The word Finisdenotes the end of the section merely. It is not the end of a Book ;but is followed by the title of a new section or chapter.5554. ' The appearance of Christ coming to judgment is poetically t^painted, and in a style of correctness and harmony, of which few specimenswere now [i. e. at that date] seen.'— Warton, ii. 469.5556. Fyrefiauchf, lightning ; Matt, xxiv, 27.Gg a