That in myne nede for me may spekë now,
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As for no service that I have to him do:
Wot I not, whom to make my monë to.
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(12)
If I, to ony seint in specïal
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Had ony thing [i]forsed myne entent
With ony service, othir gret or small,
I wold me have avaylèd in present; [folio 9b]
But thus have I be slowe and necligent,
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That I no freend have made, ne no seint pleased;
Wherfore, as now, am I [right ill] disseased.
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(13)
To hem am I a straunger and vnknowe;
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I knowe nought, to whom I shal my selffe dresse
To askë helpe, as I suppose and trowe,
Ther is none that wold done that besynesse;
And nought for this, I be-hotë expresse,
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Vnto hem I will [both] compleyne and crye,
To make my causë knowen openly.
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(14)
To the, Ihesu, the sone of god above,
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That were of mary, verray maidë, borne
In very flesch and blood, for mannës love,
To the, will I now áppelë beforne,
Syn thu art man, and forthermore
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Oure brothir, and a part of ourë kynde:
Good is to us that we thi fauoure fynde.
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(15)
This dare I say, sithe that thu wilfully
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Where done to deth, only for mannës sake,
And of thi selfe whas none encheasoun whi,
This knowe I weel, þou wilt it nought forsake,
To alle that will vnto thi grace him take,
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And askë it: as oftë I haue lerned,
Was neuere yitte none, to whom it was warned.
(16)
This woot I weel, I haue ful sore offendid
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Thi maiestes; wherof I me repente.
Ful late it was, or I my selfe amended,
