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MED Bi a wey (Vrn) 38-66
"Bi a wey..." (incipit) [Bi a wey] Bibliographical References: IMEV 562; Wells 13.79. Manuscript, print, and LALME references: London, British Library, Sloane 2593 LALME: vol. 1. 116. "MS in one hand. ... A minstrel book [with] a reference to King's Lynn." LP 4279. Norfolk. Oxford, Bodleian Library, Ashmole 343 Oxford, Bodleian Library, Eng. poet. a.1 (Vernon) (Pref.MS) LALME: vol. 1. 148. "MS in one hand except for the Index." LP 7630. Worcs. Princeton, University Library, Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections, Garrett 143 Editions, facsimiles, and other sources cited: Religious Lyrics of the XIVth Century, ed. C. Brown (1924). R. K. Root, "Poems from the Garrett Manuscript," ESt. 41 (1910). B. Fehr, "Die Lieder der Hs. Sloane 2593," Archiv 109 (1902). The Minor Poems of the Vernon MS, part 2, ed. F. J. Furnivall, EETS 117 (1901; reprint 1987). MED title stencils and sources: Vrn (Eng.poet. a.1) c1390 Bi a wey (Vrn) :: The Minor Poems of the Vernon MS, part 2, ed. F. J. Furnivall, EETS 117 (1901; reprint 1987). 688-92. Ashm 343 c1400 Bi a wey (Ashm 343) :: Religious Lyrics of the XIVth Century, ed. C. Brown (1924). 157-60. Gar 143 a1450 Bi a wey (Gar 143) :: R. K. Root, "Poems from the Garrett Manuscript," ESt. 41 (1910). 374-76. Sln 2593 c1450 Bi a wey (Sln 2593) :: B. Fehr, "Die Lieder der Hs. Sloane 2593," Archiv 109 (1902). 59-62.