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Wo was þis king whan he þis lettre hadde seyn
But to no wight he tolde his sorwes sore
But of his oughne hond he wrot ageyn
Welcome þe sonde of crist for eueremore [folio 84b]
To me þat am now lerned in his lore
lord welcome be þi lust and þi plesance
My lust is put al in þin ordinance
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¶ kepeth þis child al be it foul or faire
And eek my wif vnto myn hom comyng
Crist whan him list may sende me an haire
More agreable þan þis is to my liking
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This lettre he seleþ priuyly wepyng
Which to þe messager was take sone
And forth he goþ þer is nomore to doone
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¶ O messager fulfild of dronkenesse / [¶ Quid turpius ebrioso cui fetor in ore tremor in corpore qui promit stulta prodit occulta cui mens alienatur facies trans|formatur nullum enim latet secretum vbi regnat ebrietas.]
Strong is þi breþ þi lymes faltren ay
And þou biwreyest alle sikernesse /
Thy mynde is lorn þou iangelest as a Iay
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Thy face is torned in a newe aray
Ther dronkenesse regneþ in ony route
Ther nys no counseil hid wiþouten doute
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¶ O donegild I haue non englissh digne
vnto þy malice and þy tyrannye
And þerfore to þe feend I þe resigne /
lat him enditen of þi traiterie /
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ffy mannyssh fy o nay by god I lye
ffy feendlich spirit for I dar wel telle
Though þou here walke þy spirit is in helle /
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¶ This messager comþ fro þe king agayn
And at þe kinges moodres court he light
And sche was of þis messager ful fain
And plesed him in al þat euer sche might
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