Footwear of the Middle Ages - Lystyne Lordys Verament

Lystyne Lordys Verament
(also called "A Shoemaker's Verse Testament" (c.1475-1500)
Manuscript Oxford, Lincoln College, MS Lat 141 f.5-6

f.5.v	Pyrdow, pyrdow, pydowy, wows se bone Trenket sowterly
	Lystyne lordys veramente How the sowt hath mad hys testamente, Wt py.
	He bequethyd to Mabb hys wyffe Hys paring bord, hys carwyng knyfe Wt pyrd.
	He bequethyd to his sone Ihon Hys lastys, his lygellys ewyrylkon Wt pyrdo.
	He bequethyd to his sone Tome Hys chaspy and his schoyng horne Wt pyrdowy.
f.6.r	He bequethyd to his sone Hyke [Dicke] Hys tranket hys turning styke Wt pyrdowy.
	He bequeythyd to his sone Coke Hys sterop and hys fotyng-bloke Wt pyrdowy.
	He bequethyd to his sone How All �e brystyllys of a sowe Wt pyrdowy.
	He bequethyd to his dowtyr Belle Hys talow, his gres, now euedelle Wt pyrdowy.
	He bequethyd to his dowtyr Anne Hys blackyng pot. his blacking pan Wt pyrdowy.
	He bequethyd to his dowtyr Kat Hys nallys hys thombys blake Wt pyrdowy.
	He bequethyd to his dowtyr Ione Kyng Coltyng spone hys orgone Wt pyrdowy.
	Thus �e sowter mad hys ende He lygge in graff by Kyng Coltyng Wt pyrdowy.