And alle thin ássessourës wich I love,
That in my seruice be perséueraunt
have euermore, and to me ful pleasaunt—
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My gretyng;—and, upon the peyne of dreed,
Vnto this present chartre take[th] heed.
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(2)
Me hath be-sought, this present ladi here,
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Misericorde; and at hire gret instaunce,
And also eek myn ownë modier dere— [folio 26b]
That alway redi is, at hire pleasaunce,
ffor synful men to makë purueaunce
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Above thei have me bede; wich, of my grace,
Graunted hath, hire prayer have his place.
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(3)
Ther be pilgrymës (as thei certifie)
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That to meward hire weiës had [i]take,
Wich have mysgon, and erred folily
Be steryng of the foulë bestis blake,
That som of hem hire iourney had forsake,
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And efte hire iourney have a-geyn be-gunne,
But sudei[n]gly hath failed him the sonne.
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(4)
Some have be lettid be foule temptacïoun
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And steryng of hire fleschly wrechidnesse;
So, be disease and tribulacïoun
Thei have [i]falle in-to huge hevynesse;
And somme also to this worldes besynesse
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So greuously hire hertës ouersette,
So þat thei have of hire iournéy be lette.
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(5)
But thei haue[n] repented wondir sore,
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Some of hem, but at hirë lyvës ende;
& somme of hem, a litel what be-fore
Be-gan him selfë somwhat to amende,
In wil theraftir neuer to offende,
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But schreven hem of alle hire olde trespace,
And put them self[ë] only in my grace.
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