(61)
¶ "Wher richesse is / of wollë & sich good, [folio 74b] [Wher . . wolle] . . . wulles R, There riches is of wullis H.]
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Men drawë thidir / that be rekëles, [that be] whiche bien H. rekeles] recheles R, rekles La.]
As Soudïoures / that braynles been, & wood,
To gete baggagë / put hem silf in prees. [put] LaH, they put R. silf] LR, forth H.]
Thou Causist werre / and seist thu louest pees; [Thou . . and] Thus causest thou werre & R, Causist werre LaH. seist thu] seystow H.]
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And yiff ther were / no werrë nor bataille, [yiff . . nor] gyve . . nother H, yf . . ne R.]
Lityll or nouht / gret horsis shuld availe." [horsis] H, hors La, horse R.]
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(62. The Goose)
¶ "No," quod the Goos / "nór my Fetharis white, [quod] said R.]
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Withoutë werre / shuld do non Avauntáge,
Nor hookid Arwis / profite but a lite. [hookid] LaR, sharpe H.]
To mete oure enmyes / magre ther visage, [enmyes] ennyes La, enemyes HR.]
And from oure foomen / save vs from damáge, [foomen] H, enmyes to La, them to R.]
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Fliht of my Fetheris / despite of sheepe echon, [despite] LaR, faute H.]
Shal vs defende / a-geyn our mortal foon."
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(63)
¶ "Sothe," quod the hors / "as in my inward siht, [Sothe] R, Sithe H, Bothe La.]
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Withouten werre / (be-forn as I yow told), [Withouten] H, Without La, With oute R. beforne] to-fore H, afore R.]
We may nat save / nor keepë wele our right, [save] LaR, sawen H. wele] HR, om. La.]
Our garisonës / nor oure castelis old.
But here this sheepë / rowkyng in his fold, [rowkyng] H, vukyng La, ruckyng R.]
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Set litill stoor / of swerd or Arwis keene,
Whan he, in pees, may pasture on the greene. [in pes may] LaR, may in pease H.]
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(64)
¶ "Yiff it so stood / that neuer werrë were, [Yiff . . stood] If it so were H. neuer] H, no LaR.]
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Lost were the craft / of thesë Armoreres. [these] om. R.]
What shuld availë / pollax, swerd or spere,
