I am a feend, my dwellyng is in helle, And her I ryde about my purchasyng, here To wite wher men wol yive me eny thing.
He is now deed and nayled in his chest, coffin Now God yive his soule wel good rest!
For many a man so hard is of his herte, heart He may not wepe though him sore smerte; he may smart Therfore in-stede of wepyng and prayeres, Men moot yive silver to the poure freres.
I pray to God yive hir prosperite; And so hope I that he wol to yow sende Plesaunce ynough unto your lyves ende.
For, also wis god yive me reste, I dar wel swere she took the beste!
Delyt of Youthe wol have servyse To do what so he wol devyse; And Youthe is redy evermore 4985 For to obey, for smerte of sore, Unto Delyt, and him to yive Hir servise, whyl that she may live.
I, I am right sory if I have ought Destroubled yow out of your thought; For-yive me if I have mis-take.
Ther nis planete in firmament, Ne in air, ne in erthe, noon element, That they ne yiveme a yift echoon 695 Of weping, whan I am aloon.
Deceite, weping, spinning god hath yive To wommen kindely, whyl they may live.
Ful swetely herde he confessioun, And plesaunt was his absolucioun; He was an esy man to yeve penaunce Ther as he wiste to han a good pitaunce; For unto a povre ordre for to yive 225 Is signe that a man is wel y-shrive.
The king him bad upon the nede That take an hundred pound he scholde, And yive it where that he wolde, 2720 Be so it were in worthi place: And thus to stonde in loves grace This king his gold hath abandouned.
The king ansuerde, it was to smal For him, which was a lord real; To yive a man so litel thing It were unworschipe in a king.
And so fell that upon an yle, Which Chyo hihte, thei ben drive, Where he to hire his leve hath yive That sche schal londe and take hire reste.
Be this ensample a king mai lere That forto yive is in manere: For if a king his tresor lasseth Withoute honour and thonkles passeth, Whan he himself wol so beguile, I not who schal compleigne his while, Ne who be rihte him schal relieve.
The king ansuerde to him thus, And seide hou such a yifte passeth His povere astat: and thanne he lasseth, And axeth bot a litel peny, If that the king wol yive him eny.
The thridde wif was hote Alceste, 2640 Which whanne Ametus scholde dye Upon his grete maladye, Sche preide unto the goddes so, That sche receyveth al the wo And deide hirself to yive him lif: Lo, if this were a noble wif.
And, so ye wil me now to wyve take, As ye han sworn, than wol I yive yow leve 1320 To sleen me with your swerd now sone at eve!
Thise ladies eek compleynen hem on clerkes 190 That they han maad bokes of hir diffame, In which they lakken wommen and hir werkes And speken of hem greet repreef and shame, And causelees yive hem a wikked name.
Jube, Domine, Lord of Love, I pray Commaund me well this lesson for to rede; This legend is of all that wolden dey 1375 Marters for love; god yive the sowles spede!
Therfore in stede of wepyng and preyeres, Men{43} moot yive silver to the pourë freres.
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