The parson tolde me that he wyst well that Syr Wylliam Chambyrleyn cowd do more ese in swyche matyers as ye wrot of, towchyng my Lord of Bedford,[2.
Worceter to loke therfore he sayd he wyst well he wold lete you have knowlych yf any such thyng may be founde, and also he sayd that he wold send to the seyd Wyll.
I write to yow this by cause ye seid to me if ye wyst that my Lord Chaunceller shuld be here, thanne wolde ye come hidder, and ell[es] wolde ye not come here this terme.
Whan syr Arthur wyst that syre Gawayne was layd so lowe he went vnto hym, and there the kyng made sorowe oute of mesure, and took sire Gawayne in his armes, and thryes[22] he there swouned.
And thenne was he soo enamoured upon her that he wyst not whether he were on horsbak or on foote.
So they answerd me your offyr was more then resonabyll; and if the mater wer thers, they seyd, they wyst what conscyence wold dryve hem to.
Harcort who was the cause, and that it may be wyst in the next byll that ye send me; for if they wer the causers, it lythe in my cosyn Harsettes power to qwytte theym.
And Abimelech answered I wyst not who dyd it: Also thou toldest me not/ nether herde I of it/ but this daye.
As soone as Noe was awaked fro his wyne and wystwhat his yongest sonne had done vnto hym/ he sayd: cursed be Canaan/ ad a seruante of all seruantes be he to his brethren.
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.
And sche sayd sche wyst wele there was wrytyng therof inow, and sche hath wrytyng therof hw Syr Robert of Mawthby, and Sir Jon, and my grawnsyre, and dyverse other of myn awncesterys payd it, and seyd nevyre nay therto.
Than he askyd me why I had a wey hys hey at Walsham, seyng to me he wold he had wyst it whan it was karryd, and he chuld a lettyd it; and I told hym it was myn owyn grownde, and for myn owyn I wold holde it; and he bad me take iiij.
Sparham owt to hym; and in gode feyth he hath had so moche sorow and hevynesse that he wyst nowth qhat he myth don.
And sche seyd sche wyst wel that ze delay it forthe, that sche xuld nowth have that longyth to her ryth.
I wyst my lord neuer do ryght noght The lady says she Of no þing þat schuld be wrought, really wants her Such as fallyth to me.
Lord's The lordys meyne þat were att home people cannot make Wyst nott where he was bycome, out what has They were ful̴l̴ sore adrad.
The kyng wolde fayne that he ded were, And he wyst nat on what manere.
LytyAEsAEs wyst DesoneAEsAEs that jente, For whos love that he went 110 To fyght w{i}t{h} that knave.
The kyng wolde fayne that he wer ded, And hym wyst in what maner.
Whiche requeste at the fyrste abasshed the bayllye: for he wyst not what he mente therby; wherfore he toke counsayle of his neighbours, what was best to do, and they bade him set vp the knaue, and spare nat.
For hewyst to wynne suche þree, My[gh]t he hur bryng~ to his contree.
Of the languysshe that was comynge to Charles he wystnot how sone it was comynge.
And I wyst not what it might be, ne wherfore they soo dyd.
Wallace wyst weyll, thocht he war brocht to ded; And off his lyff sum reskew mycht he mak.
Off Franchmen he wald nayne with him call, 435 At that fyrst tym for auentur mycht fall; Bot Schyr Thomas that seruice couth persew, He wystnocht weyll gyff all the layff was trew.
His men be than had tane Tynto the knycht; Schyr Jhon the Grayme gert bynd him wondyr fast, For he wyst weill he was with Wallace last.
Kerlé he myst, off na Sotheroun he saw: Than wyst he weyll that he betraysyt was, Towart the south with him quhen thai can pass.
In Glaskow lay, and wyst nocht off this thing; 1085 Thus he was lost in byding off his king.
Wallace and his thai wystoff no rameid Bot cauld watter, that ran throu owt a strand; In that lugeyng nane othir fud thai fand.
Thus lay thai thair, quhill diuerss dayis war past; The land waistyt, and meit was fer for to wyn: Bot that wystnocht the stuff that was within; Thai dred full sar for thair awn warysoun.
Bot fra thai wyst that Franch folk couth raleiff, Wyth gret power, with helpyng off Wallace, Wthyr purpos thai tuk in to schort space.
The lord Clyffurd he gaiff than Douglace daill, 1075 Rewllar to be off the south marchis haill; All Galloway than he gaiff Cumyn in hand: Wyst nayn bot God how lang that stait suld stand.
He wyst no waill thar langar for to bide, Vp throuch the hall thus wicht Wallace can glid, Till a closs stair; the burdis raiff in twyne, Fyftene fute large he lap out of that in.
Off his eschaipe out off that cumpany, Rycht wondyr glaid was this gud chewalry: 535 Fra tyme thai wyst that Wallace leiffand was, Gude expensis till him thai maid to pass.
Feill war sone dede, bot nane wystquha it was; Quham he handlyt he leyt no forthir pass.
The Lennox men, with thair gud lord at was, Fra the castell thai said thai wald nocht pass: For weill thai wyst it mycht nocht haldyn be, 725 On na lang tyme; forthi thus ordand he.
Bot yhe traistyt in lawte, 125 As sympile folk, but mavyte; And wyst nocht quhat suld eftir tyd.
The King Robert wyst he wes thar, 225 And quhat-kyn chyftanys with him war, And assemblyt all his mengyhe.
Bot he, that in his deid wes wys, Wyst thai assemblyt war, and quhar; And wyst that thai sa mony war, That he mycht nocht agayne thaim fycht.
And quhen he wyst that it was sua, Atour all other he wes mast wa, And maid so woundir evill cher That all wounderit that by him wer.
And fra he wyst quhat charge thai had, He buskyt hym, but mar abad, And left purpos that he had tane; And till Ingland agayne is gayne.
Bot for he wyst all utirly That in the toune wes mony men, 155 His battalis he arrayit then, And stude arayit in battale To kep thame, gif thai wald assale.
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