Robert of Brunne's "Handlyng synne".

                                
                                  he deydë [& deyȝed D.]  sone, as we shul alle.
                                
                                  Þe touþer knyȝt seyd ofte, alas,
                                
                                  For [þat oþer . . þat D.]  hys felawe so sone dede was.
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                                  Fyl hyt [it fel . . lyuende D.]  so, þys lyuyng knyȝt,
                                
                                  yn hys bed he lay [lay on D.]  a nyght,
                                
                                  And was yn swyche a-wakyng
                                
                                  Þat he myȝt [myghte O, myȝt not D (om. þat).]  slepë for no þyng;
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                                  Þe mone shone yn hys [hys OD, om. H.]  chaumbre flore;
                                
                                  Þe knyȝt lay, and lokyd furþe. [foor D.] 
                                
                                  At a [þe D.]  wyndowe come yn a beme,
                                
                                  And yn þe shynyng he saghe a gleme
                                
                                  Ryght lyche þat knyȝt euery [eury O.] deyl
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                                  Þat sum tyme he loued ful [was he louede so D.]  weyl.
                                
                                  Þys knyȝt þoght 'hyt ys [þe k. hym þouȝt it was D.]  fantome
                                
                                  Þat y se þus yn þe monë [yn þe mone þus O, he saw in þe mone lyȝt D.]  come.'
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                                  He was a-frayd [a ferd D.]  with-outë fayle,
                                
                                  And, þat was no grete merueyle.
                                
                                  But þe knyȝt þat was dede
                                
                                  Cumfortyd hym sone, & seyde hys rede,
                                
                                  "Be nat adred, [a ferd D.]  for hyt am y [folio 15b:2] 
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                                  Þat þou louedyst [þe louede D.]  so specyaly.
                                
                                  Y was þy felaw, þy trewe frere,
                                
                                  For help y come to þe now here:
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                                  Þogh y be dede, þou darst [darst þou O, ȝif þou be ded, þar þe not D.]  nat drede,
                                
                                  Of helpe had y neuer er nede.
                                
                                  At nedë shul men proue [preue O, preuyn D.]  here frendys,
                                
                                  And frendes loue oþer whyle wel [weyl O, sumtyme wel D.]  endys.
                                
                                  help me now, y am yn wo,
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                                  Þat y may come þe sonner [þe sunner come O, come þe sonere D.]  þerfro."

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Title: Robert of Brunne's "Handlyng synne".
Author: Mannyng, Robert, fl. 1288-1338.
Canvas: Page 80
Publication: London :: Pub. for the Early English text society, by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd.,; 1901-[03].

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