Retraction
Now preye I to hem alle that herkne this Line 1082
Litel tretys or rede, that if ther be any thynge Line 1082
In it that liketh hem, that therof they thanken Line 1082
Oure lord jhesu crist, of whom procedeth al Line 1082
Wit and al goodnesse./ And if ther be any Line 1083
Thyng that displese hem, I preye hem also that Line 1083
They arrette it to the defaute of myn unkonnynge, Line 1083
and nat to my wyl, that wolde ful fayn Line 1083
Have seyd bettre if I hadde had konnynge./ Line 1084
For oure book seith, al that is writen is writen Line 1084
For our doctrine, and that is myn entente./ Line 1085
Wherfore I biseke yow mekely, for the mercy Line 1085
Of go, that ye preye for me that crist have Line 1085
Mercy on me and foryeve me my giltes;/ and Line 1086
Namely of my translacions and enditynges of Line 1086
Worldly vanitees, the whiche I revoke in Line 1086
My retracciouns:/ as is the book of troilus; Line 1087
the book also of fame; the book of Line 1087
The xxv. Ladies; the book of the duchesse; Line 1087
The book of seint valentynes day of the parlemen Line 1087
of briddes; the tales of counterbury, Line 1087
Thilke that sownen into synne;/ the book of the Line 1088
Leoun; and many another book. If they were Line 1088
In my remembrance, and many a song and Line 1088
Many a leccherous lay; that crist for his grete Line 1088
Mercy foryeve me the synne./ But of the translacion Line 1089
of boece de consolacione, and othere Line 1089
Bookes of legendes of seintes, and omelies and Line 1089
Moralitee, and devocioun./ That thanke I oure Line 1090
Lord jhesu crist and his blisful mooder, and Line 1090
Alle the seintes of hevene,/ bisekynge hem that Line 1091
They from hennes forth unto my lyves ende Line 1091
Sende me grace to biwayle my giltes, and to Line 1091
Studie to the salvacioun of my soule, and Line 1091
Graunte me grace of verray penitence, confessioun Line 1091
and satisfaccioun to doon in this Line 1091
Present lyf,/ thurgh the benigne grace of Line 1092
Hym that is kyng of kynges and preest Line 1092
Over alle preestes, that boghte us with the Line 1092
Precious blood of his herte;/ so that is may Line 1093
Been oon of hem at the day of doom that shulle Line 1093
Be saved. Qui cum patre et spiritu sancto vivit Line 1093
Et regnat deus per omnia secula. Amen. Line 1093