Hoccleve's works. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.

But buskith you vnto the pittës brynk: On this, I rede, thu besely bethink. Line 56
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Take heed, and here, how þat to euery wight Line 57 With-in[në]-forth he clepith preuely: [folio 18b] "Arayeth you, and be al redi dight, ffor I wil come—beleve it sikerly— Or ye be ware, parauenture sudeynly: Line 61 And me by-for ther may [no] praiere spede Ne non ne wele: I sparë for [no] mede." Line 63
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"Beholde and see, how þat this messageres, Line 64 lo, in awaitë, [now] be leyd for the. Sest thu noght Agë, with his whightë eres, hath had [[? hid]] himselff ful nye,—canst thu not see?— And maladi[ë] hath arrest par-de. Line 68 Herist thu nowt, how thei crie lowde alwey, 'what eilith vs, to tarye so al day?' Line 70
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"How oftë haue I warned the be-for, Line 71 Som while apert, somtymë preuely, That redy schuldist thu have be euermor: Witnesse upon thi self, I say the, whi Thu might the nought excusë vtterly: Line 75 Synderesis, she knowith euery deel; Sche will be thin appélloure, wete it weel, Line 77
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"Aneinptes me, that alway wold thi prowe; Line 78 fful folili thu hast thi self mystake: for thu behetest—this knowist well I-nowe— Þat alle thin foli woldest thu for-sake, And woldest thi-self very clenë make, Line 82 Puttyng [thi] flesch vnder subieccioun, To be gouérned after thi reason. Line 84
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"But sekerly she euery deel reuerse Line 85 vsurped hath hire ownë ladi right, By here delites and lustës full dyuers Oppressyng her with alle hir mayn & myght.
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Hoccleve's works. Ed. by Frederick J. Furnivall.
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Hoccleve, Thomas, 1370?-1450?
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London,: Pub. for the Early English text society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., limited,
1892-1925.

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