Here folwyn the mery wordys of chaucer & of þe host And the prologe of the chanonnys man [on leaf 380, back]
hat told was the lif of seynt Cecile [folio 381a]
[ [[gaps filled-in from Sloane 1685, leaf 165,except that at 2 it has "Boxton."]] Er w]e fully haddyn redyn fyue myle
[At 2Boug]hton vndyr Blee vs gan a take
[A man] that clothede was in clothis blake
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[And vn]dyr that he hadde a whit surplys
[hys ha]keny that was al pomele gris
[So swa]tte that it wondir was to se
[hit seme]de that he hadde prekede mylis thre
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[The hors eke þat hys yoman r]od vpon
[So swet þat vnneþe my]hte [["myȝt," in Sloane 1685]] it goon
Aboute þe pey[trelle stode the] fom ful hye
He was of foom al flekked as a pye
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A male twifold on his croper lay
It semede that he cariede lyte aray
Al lygh for somyr rod this worthi man
And in myn herte wonderyn I began
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What that he was that I vndyrstood
How that his cloke was sowid to his hood
ffor which whanne I longe hadde auysede me
I demede hym a schanoun for to be
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His hat hyng doun at his bak by a lace
ffor he hadde redyn moore than trot or pace
He hadde ay prikyd lyk as he were wood
A cloote lef he hadde vndyr his hood
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ffro swot & for to kepe his heed from heete
But it was Ioye for to seen hym sweete
His forhed dropped as a stillatorie
Were ful of plauntayn & of permytorye
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