Accordeth noght as by his faculte [Eg. 2726 folio 4a]
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To haue with seke lasers acqueyntaunce
It is nought honest yt may nought auaunce
ffor to dele with soch poraylle
But all with ryche and sellers of vitaylle
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And ouer all þere profit shold aryse
Curteys he was and lowely of seruyce
There was no man no where so vertuous
He was þe best begger in his hous
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. . . . .
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. . . . . [no gap in the MS.] [[Eg. 2726 ends]]
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ffor though a wydewe / had nouȝt a shoo [[Dd. 4. 24 begins, leaf 6; leaves 1-5 gone. The tags to d, f, g, k, r, t are disregarded.]]
So plesant was his / In principio
Ȝet wold he haue / a ferthyng or he went
his purchas was wel betir / than his rent
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And rage he coude / as it had be a whelp
In louedayes / there coude he meche help
ffor there he was / nat lyke a Cloisterere
with a thredbare Cope / as is a pore scolere
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But he was like a Maister / or a Pope
Of double worstede / was his semy Cope
Rounde / as any belle / ouȝt of the presse
Somwhat he lisped / for his wantounesse
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To make his englyssh / swete on his tonge
And in his harpyng / whan that he songe
hys eyen twynkeled / in his hede a-right
As don the sterres / in a frosty nyght
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This worthy lymytour / was cleped Huberd
A Marchaunnt þere was / with a forked berd [A Mar|chaunnt]
In motlee / and heye on hors he satte
And on his heued / a flaundryssh beuer hatte
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His botes clasped / faire and fetisly
His resons he spak / ful solempnely
Sownyng alwey / the encres of his wynnyng
He wold þe see were kepte / for any thyng
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By-twene Midelburgh / and Orewelle
