Robert of Brunne's "Handlyng synne".

                                
                                  Þe [þis D.]  knyȝt, þat lay yn hys bed,
                                
                                  wax bolder, and lasse [wex boldere & was not D.]  a-dred,
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                                  And seyd "felaw, for charyte,
                                
                                  what ys þy wo? shewe hyt [qwat is þi wo, þou telle it D.]  me."
                                
                                  Þan spake to hym þe dedë knyȝt,
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                                  "Þoght [Þogh O, ȝif D.]  y had space a day & a [O om. 'a.']  nyȝt,
                                
                                  Alle þe penaunce ne coude y telle,
                                
                                  Þat y suffre yn a welle.
                                
                                  A peyne y suffre hard [harde, om. D.]  for þe nones,
                                
                                  For a cloþe þat y refte [stal D.]  ones
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                                  Of a poure [pore OD.]  man with-outë ryȝt;
                                
                                  Alas þat euer y say [sagh O, hadde D.]  þat syȝt;
                                
                                  Þat cloþe ys caste on me to peyne
                                
                                  As heuy as any mounteyne;
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                                  Hyl ne mounteyne, erþe ne stone,
                                
                                  Vndyr heuene so heuy ys none;
                                
                                  No so hote fyre [fere O, fyr D.]  ys yn no land [is now in londe D.] 
                                
                                  As hyt ys aboute me brennand. [aboue me brennande D.] 
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                                  Þarfore, felaw, y pray [preyȝe to D.]  þe,
                                
                                  Þat þou haue on me [on me þou haue D.]  pyte,
                                
                                  And, to pore men do noun [do þou non D.]  ylle,
                                
                                  Ne aȝens holy chyrches wylle;
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                                  But al þe gode þat þou mayst, [alwey good þat þou D.]  werche
                                
                                  To porë men and [do and O, boþe to p. m. & D.]  to holy chyrche.
                                
                                  Me were leuere deye an hundyr syþe [to deyȝe an hundred syþe D.] 
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                                  Þan suffre þys peyne þat noght may [þat may not D.]  lyþe."
                                
                                  Þan seyde þe knyȝt, & wepe [þis kn. & wepyd D.]  ful sore,
                                
                                  "My swete felaw, telle me ȝyt [now telle me D.]  more,
                                
                                  Ȝyf any þyng be so [ony þing were ful D.]  certeyne [folio 16a] 
                                
                                  Þat may delyuer þe [myȝtte delyuere þe out D.]  of peyne."

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Title: Robert of Brunne's "Handlyng synne".
Author: Mannyng, Robert, fl. 1288-1338.
Canvas: Page 81
Publication: London :: Pub. for the Early English text society, by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd.,; 1901-[03].

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