¶ This is the Prologe / of the Nonne Prees [tes [Rats.] ] tale. [folio 99a]
HO quod the knyght good sire namoore of this
That ye han seyd / is right ynow ywis
And muchel moore / for litel heuynesse
Is right ynow / to muche folk I gesse [[no gap in Hengwrt]]
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[ [MS Reg. 18 C ii folio 226a] I seye for me hit is a grete disese
where as men han ben in grete welþe & ese
To heren of her sodeyn fal allas
And þe contrarie is ioye and grete solace
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As whan a man haþ be in pore estate
And clymbeth vp and wexeth fortunate
[And ther/ a-bideth in prosperite. [Harl. 1758 folio 192b] ]
Suche þing is gladsom as hit þinketh me
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And þough suche þing were goodly forto telle
Ȝe quod oure Oste by seynt poules belle
Ȝe seie right soth þis monk he clappeth loude
He spak how fortune couered in a cloude
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I not neuere what & also of a treiadie
Right now ȝe herde and parde no remedie
It is for to be-wayle ne complayne
That that is doon and also hit is a payne
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As ȝe han saide to here of heuynesse
Sire monk nomore of þis so god ȝou blesse
Ȝoure tale annoyeth all þis companye
Suche talkyng nys not worth a butterflye [[MS Reg. ex|tract ends]] ]
Youre tales / doon vs no desport ne game
Wher-fore sire Monk/ o. daun Piers by youre name
I prey yow hertely / telle vs som what ellis
ffor sikerly / nere clynkyng of youre bellis
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