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Dives in hell

Index: INDEX/BCMSV/3323

Details

Type: Index

Record number: INDEX/BCMSV/3323 (Lt 50 )

Title: Dives in hell

Author: Tipping, William ?

Attribution: [Bible]

Date(s): 169- or 170- ?

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/101238

Reference

Manuscript: Lt 50

Pages: f.248r

Description

Notes: (Behold in torments)

First lines: Behold in torments heere a rich man lies

To cruell devills made a sacrefise

Last lines: Where like some king I shall in glorie shine

There reigne as if that kingdom all were mine

Length: 18

Verse form: Couplets

Contents: Religious poem arising from the parable of Dives and Lazarus in Luke 16, contrasting the fates of rich and poor after death