And than seyd the kyng ontrew, aEuro~Yf thowget hawkys of great valew, Bryng on of them to me!
But woldd{es} thow for thy gentry Do the lyonnys downe lye, That they nyee me nowght?
Euro(TM) 830 aEuro~Yf thow durst for her sake A poynt of armys vndyrtake, Thow broke her~ weAEsAEs fore ay!
Shall thou than suffre the to be confunded withe simpler people of reputacion then thow art, withe the whiche ye and youre noble progenitours have conquerid and overcom diverse tymes before this?
Yet for alle that, withe Goddis mighte and grace, thow art not in the extremitee of tho stormes, ne never mote it come there in suche indigence and necessite.
A noble Roiaume of gret price and of noble renomme as thow hast be.
How sone sayd the knyght knowest thou not what is the rule and ordre of knyghthode/ and I meruaylle how thow darest demaunde chyualrye or knyghthode/ vnto the tyme that thou knowe the ordre/ P.
And if thow take a wyf of heye lynage She shal be hauteyn and of gret costage.
Becum thow cowart, craudoun recryand, And by consent cry cok, thi deid is dycht'; i.
Thow schalt not take the name of thi Lord God in veyn, nethther in word, neither in lyvynge.
And if thowtake a wyf she wole destroye Thy good substance, and thy body annoye.
And if thow take a wiff in thin age oolde Ful lightly maist thow be a cokewoolde.
Bi so that thow be sobre of syghte and of tonge, In etynge and in handlynge, and in alle thi fyue wittis.
For thow knowest better then I Al the estris of this house.
Til "thow lixte" and "thow lixte" lopen oute at ones, And eyther hitte other .
Jhesu mercy, Jhesu gramercy, Jhesu for thy mercy, Jhesu as I trust to thy mercy, Jhesu as thow art fulle of mercy, Jhesu have mercy on me and alle mankynde redemyd with thy precyouse blode.
And thow wer not fals to oon, but thow wer fals to twoo'; giving six feet at least to the line, and a syllable over.
And yif thow abate the quantitee of the houre in-equal by daye out of 30, than shal the remenant that leveth performe the houre 10 inequal by night.
I wold ze had a witnesse of Roberd Ingglows, thow he wittnessyd no more but that myn master had his witthe, becawse he was so lathe with myn master Fastolff.
Kyng for hym, and he come neer this contre, for they sey thow he hadde never doo with his handes he hath seid a now to die.
Mayster Steven seyth, hit should not a avayled, thow one hadde bene there, and elles I wold a labored theder myn self.
Mayster William is reden hom to my Maistrs Ponyngs; and as for Maister Ponyngs hymself, sche letteth as thow sche wyst not where he were.
I suppose it schulde do none harme thowthe seyd Perse wer remevyd ferther.
Thow stant, ordant as sanct, of grant maist wise, Till be supplie, and the high gre of price.
For hie renoun thow art guerdoun conding, Of worschip kend the glorious end and rest, But quhome in richt na worthie wicht may lest.
I the require sen thow but peir art best, That efter this in thy hie blis we ring.
Take heid to thy self, and unto the Flock comitted to thy chairge; feid the same cairfully, not as it wer of compulsioun, bot of very love, quhilk thow bearest to the Lord Jesus.
Tak Almaundys and mak god mylk and temper wyth god wyneger clene tak reysynys and boyle hem in clene water and tak the reysynis and tak hem owt of the water and boyle hem wyth mylk and zyf thow wyl colowr yt wyth safron and serve yt forth.
The sylke and sandell, thee to eis, Are hay and sempill sweiling clais, Quhairin thow gloiris, greitest king, As thowin heuin were in thy ring.
Robene, tak tent unto my taill, And wirk all as I reid, And thowsall haif my hairt all haill, 35 Eik and my madinheid.
Robene brayd attour the bent; Than Makyne cryit on hie, 70 "Now ma thow sing, for I am schent!
Thi text telleth thee noght so, Truthe woot the sothe; For Dignus est operarius His hire to have, And thow hast fest hire to Fals, 1130 Fy on thi lawe!
Lat noght thi left half Late ne rathe Wite what thow werchest With thi right syde; For thus by the gospel Goode men doon hir almesse.
And that thow be trewe of thi tonge, And tales that thow hatie, But if thei ben of wisdom or of wit Thi werkmen to chaste.
Ac be nevere moore the firste 6780 Defaute to blame; Though thow se yvel, seye it noght first, Be sory it nere amended.
Thanne is Do-best to be boold To blame the gilty, Sythenes thow seest thiself As in soule clene; Ac blame thow nevere body, And thow be blame worthy.
For the beste book in oure hous, Theigh brent gold were the leves, And I wiste witterly Thow were swich as thow tellest.
Forthe wyl I spede, To don hem blede, Thow gerlys grede, We xul be wreke.
When thy lord loketh to have Alowance for hus bestes, And of the monye thow haddist thermyd, Hus meable to save, And the woolle worth weye, Woo ys the thenne!
For is no creature under Cryst, That can hymselve make; And yf cristene creatures Couthen make hemselve, Eche lede wolde be lacles, Leyf thownon othere.
And gyff his yhemar oucht gruchys, 'Luk that thow tak hym magre his; 'Swa sall I weill assonyheit be.
Gif thow seis me abovin be, "Thou sall haf wapnys in gret plente: 600 "Ande gif I de, withdraw the soyne.
And I sall followe the in faith, or feye to be fellit,-- As thi lege man leill, my lyking thow art.
And Johne of Lorn agane is gane 80 To Schir Amer, that fra the chas With his men than reparit was, That litill sped in thair chassing; For thow that thai maid following 84 Full egirly, thai wan bot small; Thair fayis neir eschapit all.
I wald blythly that thowwar thar, 115 'Bot at I nocht reprovyt war.
What ys they name," seyde the potter, 45 "For pauage thow ask of me?
Then they pulled out a ryng of gold, Layd itt on the porters arme: And ever we will thee, proud porter, Thow wilt saye us no harme.
Ther maist thow have thy welth at wyll, Well looged ther maist be.
At Otterborne in the hygh way,[245] Ther maist thow well logeed be.
Thow stant, ordant as sanct, of grant maist wise, Till be supplie, and the hie gre of price.
Thou shalte have thy ransom fre, I hight[53] the here this thinge; For the manfullyste man yet art thow that ever I conqueryd in fielde fighttynge.
As thow may se, thick scurgis monyfald Lich vpon thame that proudly dois disdane.
With patience, then, see thow attend, And hope to vanquishe in the end.
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