(263. Beggar and Hoccleve.)
¶ "No man bet, next his fadir, our lord lige."
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"Yis, fadir, he is my good gracious lord."
"Wel, sonë, þan wole I me oblige,—
And god of heuen vouch I to record,—
Þat if þou wolt be ful of myn accord,
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Thow schalt no cause haue morë þus to muse,
But heuynessë [heuynesse R, heuynes H.] voide, and it refuse.
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(264. Beggar.)
¶ "Syn he þi good lord is, I am ful seur
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His gracë to þe schal nat be denyed;
Þou wost wele, he benyng is and demeur
To sue vnto; naght is his goost maistried
With daunger, but his hert is ful applied
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To graunte, and nat þe needy werne his grace;
To hym pursue, and þi releef purchace.
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(265. Beggar.)
¶ "Compleyne vnto his excellent noblesse, [folio 34a]
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As I haue herd þe vn-to me compleyne;
And but he qwenche þi gretë [grete R, gret H.] heuynesse,
My tongë [tunge R, tong H.] take, and slitte in peeces tweyne.
What, sonë myn! for goddës derë peyne,
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Endite in frensch or latyn þi greef clere,
And, for to write it wel, do thi poweer.
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(266. Beggar and Hoccleve.)
¶ "Of allë [alle R, al H.] thre þou oghtist be wele leerid,
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Syn þou so long in hem labóurëd haast,
Þou of þe pryue seel art old I-yeerid." [Vide supra, folio 15 [in 1700 hand].]
"Yit, fadir, of hem [hem R, hym H.] ful smal is my taast."
"Now, sonë, þan, foulë hast þou [thou foule hast R.] in waast
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Despent þi tyme; and nathelees, I trowe
Þou canst do bet þan þou wilt do me knowe.
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