Fair Susan did her wifehode well maintaine

DMI number:

39283

First Line:

Fair Susan did her wifehode well maintaine

Last Line:

Full marvaillous I wote were such denyall

Poem Genre / Form:

Imitation (Old / Middle English / archaic dialect) and Couplet

Themes:

Sex / relations between the sexes

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Content/Publication

Title:

A collection of original poems, translations and imitations [T99274]

Page No(s):

[1p]

Poem Title:

Susannah and the Two Elders, In Imitation of Chaucer.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

Title:

Miscellaneous poems and translations [T5777]

Page No(s):

p.74

Poem Title:

An Imitation of Chaucer

Attribution:

By the same Hand [i.e. Prior]

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

Title:

Miscellaneous poems and translations [T5778]

Page No(s):

p.74

Poem Title:

An Imitation of Chaucer.

Attribution:

By the same Hand [i.e. Prior]

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior