PASSUS XII (DO-WEL IV).
[TITLE. Passus xij us LW; Passus Duodecimus CO; wrongly called Passus xj us de visione, vt supra R; also B wrongly adds et quintus [read quartus] de dowel.] Passus duodecimus.
"I am ymagynatyf," quod he · "Idel was I neuere,
Þouȝe I sitte bi my-self · in sikenesse ne in helthe. [ne] nor W; and COB.]
I haue folwed þe in feithe · þis fyue and fourty wyntre,
And many tymes haue moeued þe · to þinke on þine ende, [moeued] meued WRB.]
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And how fele fernȝeres are faren · and so fewe to come, [fernȝeres] fernyers C; ferneres R. are] be R; an (!) C; arn B.]
And of þi wylde wantounesse · þo þow ȝonge were, [of] B om.]
To amende it in þi myddel age · lest miȝte þe faylled [faylled] faile RB; faille C.]
In þyne olde elde · þat yuel can suffre [elde] eelde R. yuel] so yuel CB.]
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Pouerte or penaunce · or preyeres bidde;
Si non in prima vigilia, nec in secunda, &c. [folio 49b][bidde] to bidde W.] Amende þe while þow myȝte · þow hast ben warned ofte [while] þe while R. ben] be CB.] With poustees of pestilences · with pouerte and with angres; [of] and CB. pestilences] pesti|lence C; penaunce R.] And with þise bitter baleyses · god beteth his dere childeren,
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