And thei wentenforth in to Cafarnaum, and anoon in the sabotis he gon yn into the synagoge, taughte them.
And alle men of Jerusalem wenten out to him, and al the cuntree of Judee; and weren baptisid of him in the flood of Jordan, knowlechinge her synnes.
And swilc woded wenten on, And such madness (folly) went on.
Token leue and wenten hom; 2200 The others bemoaned their ill-luck.
Wisdom and Wit thanne Wenten togidres, And token Mede myd hem Mercy to wynne.
Thei wesshen and wipeden, And wenten to the dyner.
They wenten forth in hire wey, With many wise tales, And hadden leve to lyen Al hire lif after.
With that they wentenarm in arm y-fere In-to the gardin from the chaumbre doun.
But after al this nyce vanitee They took hir leve, and hoom they wenten alle.
And I saigh [saw] newe heuene and newe erthe; for the firste heuene and the firste erthe wenten awei; and the see is not now.
This olde Eson broght forth was tho, Awei sche bad alle othre go 4060 Upon peril that mihte falle; And with that word thei wenten alle, And leften there hem tuo al one.
Thus be thei comen bothe tuo, And Brutus cam with Collatin, Which to Lucrece was cousin, And in thei wenten alle thre To chambre, wher thei myhten se The wofulleste upon this Molde, Which wepte as sche to water scholde.
An heep of heremites henten hem spades, And ketten here copes, and courtpies hem made, And wenten as werkemen with spades and with schoueles, And doluen and dykeden to dryue aweye Hunger.
And men seye in theise contrees, that philosophres som tyme wenten upon theise hilles, and helden to here nose a spounge moysted with watre, for to have eyr; for the eyr above was so drye.
And his othere bretheren wenten to wynnen hem many contrees and kyngdomes, unto the lond of Pruysse and of Rossye, and made hem to ben cleped Chane: but thei weren all obeyssant to hire eldre brother: and therfore was he clept grete Chane.
And thei wenten to duelle in the lond of Chanaan, in a place, that is clept Sychem.
And whan thei weren comen azen fro the chace, thei wenten and soughten the wodes, zif ony of hem had ben hid in the thikke of the wodes: and manye thei founden and slowen hem anon.
Sire Ote was eldest · and Gamelyn was ying, They wentenwith here frendes · even to the king; They made pees with the king · of the best assise.
And thus wenten many dyverse lusty bacheleres for to sle grete lords, in dyverse countrees, that weren his enemyes, and maden hem self to ben slayn, in hope to have that paradys.
And oure other fellows, that wolden not gon in with us, thei wenten by another coste, to ben before us, and so thei were.
Sidenote: The kyng of Scottes leyde sege to the castell of Rokysburgh, and shamfully brak up the sege and wenten away.
And anoon they wenten into seynt Jones feld, and there they founden alle the arrysers.
Sidenote: Oure lordes wenten into Flaundres and distroyed the town of Poperyng, and manye othere townes.
Strong thievës wern tho children none, But bowmen good and hend; They wenten to wood to getten them flesh If God would it them send.
All day wenten tho children two, And flesh founden they none, Till it were again even, The children would gone home.
Ermytes on a hep with hokide staves Wenten to Walsingham, and here wenches aftir.
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