To yiue the good [good H, god U.] wher hit [UH, that it T.] wanteth, treulye,
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That wer Resoun, and á [UT, om. H.] courteys manere;
And to your awn myche bettyr were worthy, [UH, worth T.]
þen to straungers, to schew heme louely [H, lowly T, lonely U.] chere."
(58) LA DAME.
"What call ye good? fayn wold I þat I wyste! [folio 126b]
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That plesith on, an-oþer [UH, and other T.] smertyth sore;
But, of his awn, to large is he þat liste
yiue myche, and lese all his goode fame þerfore.
On schuld not make a graunt, lytele nor more,
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But þe request were ryght wele ácordynge;
yif worschip be not kept and set byfore,
All þat is lefte, is but a lytell thynge."
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(59) LAMANT.
"In-to þis world was neuer formyd non,
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Nor vndur heven crëature [UT, o creature H.] I-bore,
Nor neuer schall, saffe only your parson, [persone H.]
To whom your worschip toucheth half so sore;
But me, which haue no sesoun, les ne more,
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of youth nor age, but styll in your seruyse,
I haue non yne, [yeen H, eyen T.] no wyt, nor mouth in store,
But all beth [But . . byn T, that ne alle ar H.] yiuen to þe same offyse."
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(60) LA DAME.
"A full gret charge hath he, with outen fayle,
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þat his worschip kepyth in sykernesse;
But in daunger he settyth his trauayle,
That feffith hit with othyrs [UH, other T.] bysynesse.
To hym þat longeth honneur and noblesse,
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Vpon non othir schuld not [UH, om. T.] he awayte;
ffor of his [UT, om. H.] awn, so mych hathë [hathe he HT.] þe lesse,
That, of othir, mych folouth the conseit."
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