And if I bidde any bedes, But if it be in wrathe, That I telle with my tonge Is two myle fro myn herte.
That synne wol I lete, And nevere wikkedly weye, Ne wikke chaffare use; 2930 But wenden to Walsyngham, And my wif als, And bidde the Roode of Bromholm Brynge me out of dette.
For he biddeth us be as bretheren, And biddefor our enemys.
The poore idiot glad to please his maistres, was desirous to knowe what it was, and promised to doe whatsouer he would bidde him.
Bidde him come to the fyre, and tell hym that he shall suppe with me, for perchaunce he hath eaten no meate this nighte.
Is he disposed to sende his factor beyonde the seas, about his affaires, let him first bidde him to peruse Andreuccio, and then commaunde him to beware of Madame Floredelice?
Ic bidde eow, blissiadh on dhyssere freols-tide: witodlice nu to-daeg thaet wuldorfulle maeden heofonas astah, thaet heo unasecgendlice mid Criste ahafen on ecnysse rixige.
Ic bidde eow thaet ge me to him gedhingion, thaet ic mote faran to sumere odhre scire.
It ye two bidde me, we will with him pitche a fielde, I and my maides together.
After this J adds, Bidde we nu leoue freond · yonge and ek olde.
But swich a nede was to preye him thenne, As for to bidde a wood man for to renne.
Sone after this, though it no nede were, Whan she swich othes as hir list devyse Hadde of him take, hir thoughte tho no fere, Ne cause eek non, to bidde him thennes ryse.
For goddes love, I bidde thee a bone, So lat me alone, and it shal be thy beste.
And if that any missayere Dispyse wimmen, that thou mayst here, Blame him, and biddehim holde him stille.
Tel me than how a man may liven, 6685 That al his good to pore hath yiven, And wol but only bidde his bedis, And never with honde laboure his nedis: May he do so?
Lewed counseil have ye, To gyve from youre heires That youre aiels yow lefte, And gyveth it to bidde for yow Fo swiche that ben riche, And ben founded and feffed ek To bidde for othere.
Well, I will visit her, tell her so: and bidde her thinke what a man is: Let her consider his frailety, and then iudge of my merit Qui.
Seeke him, bidde him come hither: tell him, I haue moou'd my Lord on his behalfe, and hope all will be well Clo.
Say to Satan oure sire, And bidde [th]ame bringe also Lucifer louely of lyre.
They han hir set, and bidde hir lerne sayle 440 Out of Surrye agaynward to Itayle.
Bidde Charles sende thy sone to the to give up Ferumbras And voyde thy londe in alle haste, 1768 and to withdraw from Or ellis thou shalt him honge on a tr«e», his country.
But this Examinate saith, shee neuer saw such meate; and therefore shee durst not eate thereof, although her said Grand mother did bidde her eate.
Flesh, Butter, Cheese, Bread, and Drinke, and biddethem eate enough.
And where there are a Laurel and a Rose, Beneath whose branches wide a broode doth haunt; The whom high walls and fretted gates enclose, Where goode may enter, badde are bidde avaunt.
Thus thei defenden ous the vices, And sitte hemselven al amidde; To slen and feihten thei ous bidde Hem whom thei scholde, as the bok seith, Converten unto Cristes feith.
And if so is sche bidde noght, What thing that thanne into my thoght Comth ferst of that I mai suffise, I bowe and profre my servise, 1130 Somtime in chambre, somtime in halle, Riht as I se the times falle.
And sche began to bidde and preie Upon the bare ground knelende, And after that made hire offrende, And to the Prestes yiftes grete Sche yaf, and homward be the Strete.
Bot hierof have I gret mervaile, Hou thei wolbidde me travaile: A Sarazin if I sle schal, I sle the Soule forth withal, 1680 And that was nevere Cristes lore.
Bot if mi ladi bidde wolde, That I for hire love scholde Travaile, me thenkth trewely I mihte fle thurghout the Sky, And go thurghout the depe Se, For al ne sette I at a stre What thonk that I mihte elles gete.
And thus bewhapid in my thought, Whan al was turnyd in to nought, I stod amasid for a while, And in my self y gan to smyle Thenkende uppon the bedis blake, And how they weren me betake, 2960 For that y schulde biddeand preie.
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