So were thay alle wele at ease, 2316 Thus were thai refresshed botħ moost & lest And weren bifore in grete disese.
Tho came the bisshop«e» Cramadas But bishop Cramadas And kneled bifore the Sowdon̄, 2776 kneels before him and And charged him by the hye name Sathanas, appeases him.
Ac I wiste nevere freke that as a frere yede Bifore men on Englisshe Taken it for his teme, And telle it withouten glosyng.
Now is Mede the mayde, 1356 And na-mo of hem alle, With bedeles and with baillies Brought bifore the kyng.
Thanne seide I to myself so Pacience it herde, 8160 "It is noght foure dayes that this freke Biforethe deen of Poules Preched of penaunces That Poul the apostle suffrede, In fame et frigore And flappes of scourges.
And thanne saugh I muche moore Than I bifore of tolde, 2490 For I seigh the feld ful of folk, That I bifore of seide, And how Reson gan arayen hym Al the reaume to preche, And with a cros afore the kyng Comsede thus to techen.
Conscience ful curteisly tho Comaunded Scripture Bifore Pacience breed to brynge And me that was his macche.
Ac thow hast famed me foule Bifore the kyng here; 1730 For killed I nevere no kyng Ne counseiled therafter, Ne dide as thow demest I do it on the kynge.
Though ye come bifore kynges And clerkes of the lawe, Beth noght abasshed, For I shal be in youre mouthes, And gyve yow wit and wille, 6510 And konnyng to conclude Hem alle that ayeins yow Of Cristendom disputen.
And thanne was Conscience called To come and appere Bifore the kyng and his conseil, As clerkes and othere.
This yere quene Elizabeth was crowned at Westm' the Sonday bifore Witsonday.
Which castel was delyvered up and yolden to the kyng in manner and fourme as it is bifore seid.
These Lordes suyng were assigned to done the seinc' roiall bifore the Quene.
If lewed men knewe this Latyn, Thei wolde loke whom thei yeve, And avisen hem bifore A fyve dayes or sixe, Er thei amortisede to monkes Or chanons hir rente.
Ther the poore preesseth bifore the riche, With a pak at his rugge,-- Opera enim illorum sequuntur illos.
So at the feeste first, As I bifore tolde, Bigan God of his grace And goodnesse to do-wel.
For prophetes hem tolde That that blissede body Of burieles risen sholde, And goon into Galilee, And gladen hise apostles, And his moder Marie; Thus men bifore demede.
And bar the baner bifore Deeth, Bi right he it cleymede.
Sidenote: Mokenge of Jenney and Debenham at Calcotes the Tuisday nextbifore Sen Migchell.
Have I nat striven with ful greet stryf, in olde tyme, bifore the age of my Plato, ayeines the foolhardinesse of folye?
Stryf or plete 5 with me, bifore what Iuge that thou wolt, of the possessioun of richesses or of dignitees.
God bifore {195} [th]at Salisbury vss was maad of proude prestis, coueitous and dronkelewe?
Multiplie the quocient by the diviser, And the same fig{ur}es wolle come ayene that thow haddest biforeand none other.
For labour might me never plese, I have more wil to been at ese; And have wel lever, sooth to sey, Bifore the puple patre and prey, And wrye me in my foxerye 6795 Under a cope of papelardye.
And, for that no man shal thee see Bifore the hous, ne in the way, Loke thou be goon ageyn er day.
Also the seide Paston, the Saturday nextebifore the feste of Saint George, the vj.
For as the lomb toward his deeth is broght, So stant this innocent bifore the king; (520) This false knight that hath this tresoun wroght Berth hir on hond that she hath doon this thing.
Anon the knight bifore the Iuge is broght, That seyde thus, 'thou hast thy felawe slayn, For which I deme thee to the deeth, certayn.
In the ende of which an ounce, and na-more, Of silver lymail put was, as bifore Was in his cole, and stopped with wex weel For to kepe in his lymail every deel.
Right so shal youre light lighten bifore men, that they may seen youre gode werkes, and glorifie youre fader that is in hevene.
And happed that he saughbifore him ryde A gay yeman, under a forest-syde.
The hole name as reason is for the auncientie of your kingdome whiche was bifore theyrs and out of the whiche theyrs is growen onely abiding with your grace?
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