Þer as he hevened aȝt happez, and hyȝt hem her medez.
Line 24
Me mynez on one amonge oþer, as Maþew recordez,
Þat þus of clannesse unclosez a ful cler speche: [clannesse, the scribe has corrected the first s from ȝ.]
Þe haþel clene of his hert hapenez ful fayre,
For he schal loke on oure Lorde wyth a bone chere; [MS., M. bone; Sch,?lovly.]
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As so saytz, to þat syȝt seche schal he never
Þat any unclannesse hatz on, auwhere abowte; [M. anwhere (MS. might be either n or u; M. note aywhere(?); Fi. awhere, B. anwhere: abowte, the last three letters are blurred and barely legible, like the last few letters of most of ll. 26-36.]
For he þat flemus uch fylþe fer fro his hert
May not byde þat bur[n]e þat hit his body neȝen. [M. burne; M. 2 is mistaken in noting that MS. looks like burre, since the fourth letter resembles rather the top of a y.]
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Forþy hyȝ not to heven in haterez totorne,
Ne in þe harlatez hod and handez unwaschen. [MS. harlateȝ, though second a blurred; M. harloteȝ.]
For what urþly haþel þat hyȝ honor haldez
Wolde lyke if a ladde com lyþerly attyred,
Line 36
When he were sette solempnely in a sete ryche, [folio 61b]
Abof dukez on dece, wyth dayntys served— [MS. dukeȝ; M. dukes.]
Þen þe harlot wyth haste helded to þe table
Wyth rent cokrez at þe kne, and his clutte traschez, [MS. trascheȝ; M. trasches.]
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And his tabarde totorne, and his totez oute,
Oþer ani on of alle þyse, he schulde be halden utter,
With mony blame, ful bygge a boffet, peraunter,
Hurled to þe halle-dore and harde þeroute schowved,
Line 44
And be forboden þat borȝe to bowe þider never,
On payne of enprysonment and puttyng in stokkez;
And þus schal he be schent for his schrowde feble,
Þaȝ never in talle ne in tuch he trespas more.
Line 48
And if unwelcum he were to a wor[d]lych prynce, [MS., M. worþlych; M. 2 note worldlych (?).]
