(143. Hoccleve.)
¶ "A writer mot thre thyngës to hym knytte,
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And in tho may be no disseuerance;
Mynde, ee, and hand, non may fro othir flitte,
But in hem mot be ioynt continuance.
The mynde al hoole with-outen variance
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On þe ee [On eye R.] and hand awaytë moot alway,
And þei two eek on hym; it is no nay.
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(144. Hoccleve.)
¶ "Who so schal wrytë, may nat holde a tale
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With hym and hym, ne syngë [syng H R.] this ne that;
But al his wittës hoolë, grete and smale,
Ther must appere, and halden hem ther-at;
And syn, he spekë may, ne syngë [syng H R.] nat,
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But bothë [bothe R, both H.] two he nedës moot forbere,
Hir labour to hym is þe alengere. [elengere R.]
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(145. Hoccleve.)
¶ "This artificers, se I day be day, [folio 19a]
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In þe hotteste of al hir bysynesse
Talken and syng, and makë game and play,
And forth [forth R, for H.] hir labour passith with gladnesse;
But we labour in trauaillous stilnesse;
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We stowpe and stare vp-on þe shepës skyn,
And keepë muste our song and wordës in.
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(146. Hoccleve.)
¶ "Wrytyng also doth grete annoyës thre,
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Of which ful fewë folkës taken heede
Sauf we oure self; and thisë, lo, þei be:
Stomak is on, [one R.] whom stowpyng out of dreede
Annoyeth soore; and to our bakkës, neede
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Mot it be [be R, om. H.] greuous; and þe thrid, our yen,
Vp-on þe whytë mochel sorwe [for to H.] dryen.
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