Whanne he sawe there was no remedy but that he shulde dye, he sayde: my lorde, I muste nedes suffre dethe, whiche I knowe I haue wel deserued.
By whiche tale appereth, that it is holsome to take leyser inough aboute a thynge that is harde to do, speciallywhanne a man can nat chose to take hit on hande.
An vplandysshe man, nourysshed in the woddes, came on a tyme to the citie, whanne all the stretes were full of people, and the common voyce amonge them was: The kynge cometh.
He answered and sayd: I laughe to thynke, howe shamefaste the frere shal be whanne he waketh, whome I left in bedde with my wyfe.
Whanne he hadde rydden a lyttell waye, he harde other that blamed hym, bycause he made the lyttell yonge boye ronne after as a seruaunte, and he his father to ryde.
Whanne they harde hym thus speke by his voyce, [they] knewe him well, and opened the gate and lette hym come in.
The seconde gentylman, whanne he came to bedde, fortuned to fynde the same rynge, and whan he hadde stayde som tyme departed.
But after, whanne this was knowen, ambassadoures of the same citie wente and complayned therof before the Holy See Apostolyke.
At laste, whanne he thought he had made pastyme inough, and herynge his wyfe saye thus: alas!
There was an olde woman, the whiche bargayned with a surgean to heale her sore eyes; and whanne he hadde made her eies hole, and that she sawe better, she couenaunted that he shulde be payde his moneye, and not before.
And 15 whanne he hath y-doon ther y-nough, he shal forleten the laste hevene, and he shal pressen and wenden on the bak of the swifte firmament, and he shal ben maked parfit of the worshipful light of god.
But nedes day departe moste hem sone, And whanne hir speche doon was and hir chere, 1710 They twinne anoon as they were wont to done, And setten tyme of meting eft y-fere; And many a night they wroughte in this manere.
And al this dede he for a wonder, That whanne a man for peine cride, The Bole of bras, which gapeth wyde, 3320 It scholde seme as thogh it were A belwinge in a mannes Ere, And noght the criinge of a man.
Bot thanne who so toke kepe, Whanne he is falle in such a drem, Riht as a Schip ayein the Strem, 2730 He routeth with a slepi noise, And brustleth as a monkes froise, Whanne it is throwe into the Panne.
For whanne he hath his tunge affiled, With softe speche and with lesinge, Forth with his fals pitous lokynge, 680 He wolde make a womman wene To gon upon the faire grene, Whan that sche falleth in the Mir.
For whanne I schal myn yhen close, Anon min herte he wole oppose And holde his Scole in such a wise, Til it be day that I arise, That selde it is whan that I slepe.
And whanne he hadde it sesed so, That thanne he were sone ago Withouten eny tariynge.
Thus thei dryvele at hir deys The Deitee to knowe, And gnawen God with the gorge, Whanne hir guttes fullen.
Wiltow or neltow, We wol have oure wille Of thi flour and of thi flesshe, 4110 Fecche whanne us liketh; And maken us murye thermyde, Maugree thi chekes.
And whanne my lord Chaunceler herd this he was ryte glade therof, and dede Blake telle all this and moche more a forn the kynge and all hese lordes, that they blyssed him whanne they herden yt.
And, Syr, whanne my mayster cam hom on Saterday ther was lyvered my mayster a letter from Sir John Fastolf, and a neyther letter cam to me from John Bokkynge,[210.
And whanne the seid lord Moleyns man delyvered these wrettys, Lomnour stode be side and aspied it.
And thanne the seid man desired to have ageyn the writtis, and toke hem a geyn; and whanne he had theym he seid they shuld not come in their handes a vii.
And also he told my seyd lord Chaunceler and many more lordes that yf the kynge pardon hym or graunted any supersedeas, London shuld with inne short tyme have as moche for to do as they hadde for to kepe London Brygge whanne the Capteyn[207.
And he told me and Stompis bothe, whanne so evir he come he shuld be welcome, and that he wold do as welle to hym as to fewe servauntes he had for yowr sake, and that he wold kepe hym for yow.
And whanne ȝe haue þis noble þing [Heat the water in the distiller till it comes to a heavenly savour.
But with these relics whanne that he fond A poure parson dwelling upon lond, Upon a day he gat him more monie Than that the parson gat in monthes tweie.
And whanne this was seyde, the seyde Duke of Yorke, and the seyd Erle of Salesbury, and the Erle of Warrewyk, betwene xj.
The messenger was on horsbak whanne I wrote yow this bill, and therfore it was doon in haste; and our Lord Jesus kepe yow.
I hade a sone, forsoth, Robyn, That shulde have ben myn ayre, Whanne he was twenty wynter olde, In felde wolde just full fayre.
Whanne she cam in the forest, Under the grene wode tree, Fonde she there Robyn Hode, And all his fayre menë.
Now is the knight gone on his way; This game hym thought full gode; Whanne he loked on Bernësdale He blessyd Robyn Hode.
And whanne he thought on Bernysdale, On Scarlok, Much and Johnn He blyssyd them for the best company That ever he in come.
And as touchyng my maister, Sir Thomas Mongomery, I trost veryly that he nothyr hath ne shall have cause of grudger by my defaut, for I can not understond ony cause of grudger; for ever whanne my cosyn Damme[281.
I undirstand, and whannehe sethe that I have peas he wolle calle theron ayen.
For certes, swiche scorneres faren lyk the foule tode, that may nat endure to smelle the sote savour of the vyne whanne it florissheth.
At Rome, whanneshe oppressed was Of Tarquin, for hir thoughte it was a shame [502: T.
And for-as-muche as he ne hath nat in his lyf herkned Iesu Crist, whanne he hath spoken, he shal crye to Iesu Crist at his laste day, and scarsly wol he herkne him.
Whanne dame Prudence, ful debonairly and with greet pacience, hadde herd al that hir housbonde lyked for to seye, thanne axed she of him licence for to speke, and seyde in this wyse.
This Melibeus, whanne he hadde herd the doctrine of his wyf dame Prudence, answerde in this wyse.
For certes, swiche lordes sellen thanne hir lordshipe to the devel of helle, whanne they sustenen the wikkednesse of hir meinee.
Whanne life is most louyd, And deth is most hatid, Deth drawith his drau[gh]te And makith a man nakid.
Whi that erþe loueþ erthe Wonder y may thinke, Or whi that erthe for the erthe Unresonably swete wol or swynke, 48 12 Ffor whanne erthe vnder erthe [fol.
Whanne erthe biddith erthe Than he his rente hom brynge, Thanne schal erthe for erthe Haue a petous partynge.
Whanne lyf ys moste louyd, And dethe ys most hatyd, Dethe drawyth hys drawghte And maketh a man ful naked.
Of late I dyd thie creand valoure scanne, Whanne thou dydst boaste soe moche of actyon derne.
Ye menne, who woulde deserve the name of knyghte, Lette bloddie teares bie all your paves be wepte; To commynge tymes no poyntelle shalle ywrite, Whanne Englonde han her foemenn, Brystow slepte.
Songe bie a Manne and Womanne, I heare them from eche grene wode tree, Chauntynge owte so blatauntlie, Tellynge lecturnyes to mee, Myscheefe ys whanneyou are nygh.
Whanne you, as caytysned, yn fielde dyd bee, Hee oathed you to bee stylle, & strayte dydd sette you free.
Sir we lette you witte that whanne the kgng kyng Edward þe fourth oure soveraigne lord after his grete victorye hadde uppon Ester day last passed beside Barnet daparted oute of the saide Citee of London.
And the contree is sett along upon the ryvere of Nyle; be als moche as that ryvere may serve be flodes or otherwise, that whanne it flowethe, it may spreden abrood thorghe the contree: so is the contree large of lengthe.
And whanne the monkes entren in to that place, thei don of bothe hosen and schoon or botes alweys; be cause that oure Lord seyde to Moyses, Do of thin hosen and thi schon: for the place that thou stondest on is lond holy and blessed.
Atte passynge of this ryvere, seynt Eustache loste hys two sones, whanne that he hadde lost hys wyffe.
But lyue men good lif, and studie many persones Goddis lawe, and whanne chaungyng of wit is foundun, amende [th]ey it as resoun wole.
If he nowe depriue vs of oure praye, 175 We will [gh]e witte whanne [th]ei are wente.
This yere was the fight in Smythefeld betuen Gloucestre and Artour, for wordes that Gloucestre hadde appeled Arthur of: and whanne they hadde well foughten, the kyng tok the bataille into his hond, and wolde lete them feighte no more.
And whanne tydynges thereof comen to the kyng Edward, he and the Spensers made moche sorwe, and ordeyned to kepe the see cost, and withstanden them that they schulde nought londen.
Unto the Chepe thanne rood oure kyng; To the Condyt whanne he com tho, The XII apostelys thei gon syng, 'Benedict.
And whanne the solempnite was done in the chirch, she was brought ful worthely into the greet halle.
And whanne La Beale Alys sawe hym juste soo wel, she thought hym a passynge goodly knyght on horsbak.
And whanne he saw her, he sayde, here haue I fond my loue and my lady.
Algates I greve, whanne that scorchours I mete That riden reccheles adoun the strete: I praie, bethynke yow, swiche diversioun Ben weel for mayde of mene condicioun, But ladye fayre in brekes al ydighte Certes meseems ne verray semelye sighte.
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