(283. Hoccleve.)
¶ "Hast þou nat eeke my maister Gower slayn, [J Gower [in 1700 hand].]
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Whos vertu I am insufficïent
ffor to descreyue [discrive R.] ? I wote wel in certayn,
ffor to sleen al þis world þou haast yment [yment R, ment H.] ;
But syn our lorde Crist was obedient
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To þe, in feith I can no ferther seye;
His creäturës mosten þe obeye.
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(284. Hoccleve and Beggar.)
¶ "ffadir, ye may lawhe at my lewdë [nyce H.] speche.
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If þat þow list; I am no thyng fourmeel [formell R.] ;
My yongë [yonge R, yong H.] konyng may no hyer reche,
Mi wit is [is R, om. H.] also slipir as an eel;
But how I speke, algate I menë weel."
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"Sone, þou seist wel I-nogh, as me seometh, [seemeth R.]
Non oothir feele I, so my cónceyt demeth.
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(285. Beggar.)
¶ "Now, farwel, sone! go homë to þi mete, [folio 36b]
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It is hy tyme; and go wil I to myn;
And what I haue y-seid þe, naght forgete;
And swych as þat I am, sone, I am thyn.
Thow seest wel, age hath put me to declyne,
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And pouert hath me maad of good al bare;
¶ I may naght but preyë [prey H, pray R.] for þi welfare."
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(286. Hoccleve and Beggar.)
"What, fadir? wolden ye thus sodeynly
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Depart fro me? Petir! crist, for-beede!
Ye shal go dynë with me, trewëly." [trewly H, truly R.]
"Sone, at a word, I moot go fro þe neede."
¶ "Nay, fadir, nay!" "Yis, sone, as god me speede!"
"Now, fadir, syn it may non othir tyde,
Almyghty god yow saue, and he your gyde!
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