If this kyng come in, Mankynde wole he fecche, And lede it ther hym liketh, And lightliche me bynde.
For is no creature under Cryst, That can hymselve make; And yf cristene creatures Couthen make hemselve, Eche lede wolde be lacles, Leyf thow non othere.
And vulgarly to speken of substaunce Of tresour, may we bothe with us lede Y-nough to live in honour and plesaunce, 1515 Til in-to tyme that we shul ben dede; And thus we may eschewen al this drede.
For never yet thy grace no wight sente So blisful cause as me, my lyf to lede In alle Ioye and seurtee, out of drede.
God graunte you your lyf frely to lede In fredom; for ful hard is to be bonde.
It ledith man now up, now doun, In mochel dissolucioun, And makith him love yvel company, And lede his lyf disrewlily, 4900 And halt him payed with noon estate.
They loven no pryde, ne no stryf, But humbly they wol lede hir lyf; With swich folk wol I never be.
O lawles fole, o man blyndyd of mynde Say what suretye in fortune canst thou fynde To what ende or vnto what conclusyon Shall fortune frayle vnrightwyse and vnsure Lede the blynde fole by hyr abusyon.
And I wyll be your ledes-man, And lede you the way, And or ye come to Notyngham, Myn hede then dare I lay, 370.
Mayster,’ than said Litell Johnn To gentill Robyn Hode, ‘Ye must give the knight a hors To lede home al this gode.
Of two and fyfty wyght yonge yemen, There abode not one, Saf a lytell page and a grome, To lede the somers with Lytel Johan.
Loke wel aboute, ye that lovers be; Lat nat your lustes lede you to dotage; Be nat enamoured on al thing that ye see.
Lay me to-fore the, I the praye, and to carry him And lede me to thy tente.
And vulgarly to speken of substaunce Of tresour, may we bothe with us lede Y-nough to live in honour and plesaunce, 1515 Til in-to tyme that we shal ben dede; And thus we may eschewen al this drede.
The tothir battale wes gevin to lede Till hym that douchty wes of dede, 315 And prisit of gret chevelry, That wes Schir Edward the worthy; I trow he sall manteyme him swa That, how sa evir the gammyn ga, His fayis to plenyhe sall mater haf.
Bot quhill I liff, and may haf mycht "To lede a yheman or a swane, "He sall nocht bruk it but bargane.
And whan sche goth to hiere masse, That time schal noght overpasse, That I naproche hir ladihede, In aunter if I mai hire lede Unto the chapelle and ayein.
Bot he, that wolde his vice hyde, This courteis king, tok of him hiede, And bad that men him scholdelede Into a chambre forto kepe, Til he of leisir hadde slepe.
Forthi, my Sone, tak good hiede So forto lede thi manhiede, That thou ne be noght lich a beste.
To every man behoveth lore, Bot to noman belongeth more Than to a king, which hath to lede The poeple; for of his kinghede He mai hem bothe save and spille.
Of fyfty two wyght yonge men[L77] There abode not one, Saf a lytell page, and a grome, To lede the somers with Johan.
Dites full dere was dew to the Grekys, A ledeof [th]at lond, and logede hom with.
Who so can contreve deceites And conspire wronges, And lede forth a love-day To lette with truthe, He that swiche craftes can To counseil is cleped.
Hertoo to brynge it, Alle youre lige leodes To lede thus evene.
And thi kyng-ryche, 250 And lene thee lede thi lond, So leaute thee lovye, And for thi rightful rulyng Be rewarded in hevene.
By this time the marquis de Lede had fortified a strong post at Castro-Giovanne, in the centre of the island; and cantoned his troops about Aderno, Palermo, and Catenea.
The marquis de Lede immediately retired with his army to Alcamo, from whence he sent his mareschal de camp to count Merci and the English admiral, with overtures for evacuating Sicily.
I my3t lyf vpon londe lede any quyle, I schuld rech yow sum rewarde redyly, if I my3t.
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