THE LYKE-WAKE DIRGE
(Lansdowne ms., 231, fol. 114 recto.)
1.
1.1 ‘ean,’ one.
1.3 ‘Fleet,’ water. —Aubrey’s marginal note. See above.
This ean night, this ean night,
eve[r]y night and awle:
Fire and Fleet and Candle-light
and Christ recieve thy Sawle.
2.