Whan Rethoriciens / han doon ther besy peyn
Fressh Epistolis / & lettris to endite.
With-out writyng / vaileth nat a myte;
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For, yiff pennys / & writyng were a-way, [yiff] if that H, yf R.]
Off rémembrauncë / we had lost the kay. [we had] LH, than were R.]
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¶ "Off Gees also / the deede is previd oft
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In many a contre / and many a regioun,
To make pilwes / & Fether-beddis soft,
Of provident men / plukkid of the doun: [pro|vident] providence H, prudence R.]
Thus, to make / a pleyn comparisoun, [Thus . . pleyn] Lo thus to make a H.]
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As pilwes been to chaumbris ágreáble,
So is hard strauhë / litteer for the stable. [strauhe / litter] strawe to litter H, strawe lytter R.]
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¶ "The fymë of gees / & greenë gos[e]lyngis [folio 70b] [goselynges] HR, goslyngis L.]
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Gadred in May / among the herbis soote [the herbis] LR, these erbis H.]
A-geyn brennyng, scaldyng / & many othir thynges, [Ageyne] Agenst H. many] LH, om. R.]
Tempred with oile & Buttir doth gret boote [&] or H.]
Tasswage the peyne / that perceth to the roote; [that] H, om. LR.]
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But hors[ës] dungë / as refus al-way [hors . .] hors|dunge as refuse . is cast away HR.]
Is good for forneyssis, temprid with clay. [forneyssis . . with] furneys . . with white H, furneis . . with R.]
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¶ "A dedë hors / is but a fowle careyn, [dede] HR, ded L. is] is ne H.]
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The ayr Infectyng / it is so corrypable; [it] HR, om. La, corrupable H, coruptable R.]
But a fatt goos / whan it is newë slayn, [newe] R, new LH.]
In disshis of gold / a morsel ágreáble, [morsel . .] LH, mussell greable R.]
Is sewid vp / attë kyngis table, [sewid vp atte] served vp at the H, seruid vpon a R.]
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Swymmyng on lyve / in watris cristallyn;
Tendre rostid / requeerith to have good wyn. [Tendre . . good] LH, Tenderly . . haue R.]
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