(207. Beggar and Hoccleve.)
¶ "But neuerþeles I wote wel þere-agayn,
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Þat many of hem gye hem as hem oghte,
And ellës were it grete pitee certayn:
But what man wolt þou be for hym þe boghte?"
(Hoccl.) "ffadir, I may not chese; I whilom þoghte
Han ben a prest; now past am I þe raas."
(Beg.) "Þan art þou, sone, a weddid man per caas?"
(208. Hoccleve.)
¶ "Ya, soþly, fadir myn, ryght so I am.
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I gasyd longë firste, & waytid faste
After some benefice; and whan non cam,
By proces I me weddid attë laste;
And god it wot, it sorë me agaste
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To byndë me, where I was at my large;
But done it was; I toke on me þat charge."
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(209. Beggar and Hoccleve.)
¶ "A, sone! I haue espied, and now se [folio 27a]
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Þis is þe tow þat þou speke [spakest R.] of ryght now." (l. 1226)
"Now, by þe rodë, fadir, soþ seyn ye."
"Ya, sonë myn, þou schalt do wel y-now;
Whan endyd is my talë, þan schalt þou
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Be put in swiche a way at [as (at = þat).] schal þe plese,
And to þin hertë do comforte and ese.
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(210. Beggar.)
¶ "So longe as þou, sone, in þe priuë sel
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Dwelt hast, & woldest fayn han ben auaunced
Vn-to som chirche or þis, I demë wel
Þat god not woldë hauë þe enhanced
In no swich plyt; I holdë þe wel chaunced;
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God wot and knowith euery hyd [mannes R.] entente;
He, for þi best, a wyf vn-to þe sente.
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