Another poem of similar content, the Sermon of Guischart de Beaulieu in Anglo-Norman, was written in England about the same time as the Poema Morale. If the author took his name from Beaulieu in Hampshire, where King John founded a Cistercian Abbey in 1204 A.D. (Dugdale v. 680), he may have written not far from the home of our poet. It abounds in striking parallels to the PM, but the editor of the Sermon thinks the resemblances are not sufficiently close to prove that Guischart used the English poem. 1. #nu#: in LT only. #awintre ⁊ a lare#: a winter and ek on lore J; of wintre ⁊ of lore M. ⁊ = ent; see 38/159. 2. #welde mare#: not in the usual meaning, possess more wealth, as at 21/89, 22/122, 130, 32/55, but either, am more respected, honoured, as at 18/22; ‘for worulde weorðscypes wealdan,’ Thorpe, Laws, ii. 324. 4, or more probably, possess more knowledge; if so, ‘knowledge comes but wisdom lingers.’ Comp. ‘of wisdom wilde,’ OEM 96/94. For #welde# D reads ealdi, M eldi, age, grow old. 3. #child#: comp. ‘Adhuc enim non pueritia in nobis sed, quod est gravius, puerilitas remanet: et hoc quidem peius est quod auctoritatem habemus senum, vitia puerorum,’ Seneca, Ep. iv; ‘To longe ich habbe sot ibeo | Wel sore ich me adrede,’ OEM 160/31. #a worde#, &c.: comp. 30/27: on worde ⁊ on dede D; of wordes & of dede M. 4. #a#: on D; of JM. #on#: at E; á e; of M. 5-8. Comp. ‘Ki se fie en cest secle por fol tenc mult celui | Par mei meimes le sai ne mie par altrui | Folement le menai itant cum ieo i fui | Kar unkes ne fis riens de quanke faire dui | Trop i dui demurer trop tart men apercui,’ Guischart 32-36; ‘vnnut lif to longe ich lede | hwanne ich me biþenche[;] wel sore ich me adrede,’ OEM 192/3, 4. 6. #wel ful#: wel, wel D; ful J; the other MSS. wel, but T alters the first half of the line. #wel# qualifies biþenche. 7. #ꝥ# = þet; see 32/55. #bi fealt# &c. is not original, but an avoidance of the rare word chilce, which is in E e J T; D has chilðe, M chilse. #chilce#, childishness, appears to be formed from child, on the analogy of milce from mild; it occurs here only. L alters l. 8 for the sake of the rhyme; the other MSS. are with T. 8. #bute#, unless; comp. ll. 24, 210, 271. 9. #iqueðen#: ispeken T; ispeke J. Comp. ‘Ifurn ich habbe isuneȝet mid wurken ⁊ midd muðe | ⁊ mid alle mine lime siððe ich sunehi cuðe | ⁊ wel feole sunne ido þe me ofþincheð nuðe,’ OEM 193/29-31.