(287. Hoccleve and Beggar.)
¶ "And grautë gracë me þat day to se,
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That I sumwhat may quytë your goodnesse.
But, goodë [goode R, good H.] fadir, whan and wher schul ye
And I efte metë?" "Sone, in soothfastnesse,
I euery day heere at þe Carmes messe, [The house and church of the Carmelites, or White Friars, stood on the South side of Fleet Street, between the Temple and Salisbury Court.—T. Wright. Not far, therefore, from Hoccleve's "cote" in Chester's Inn, Somerset House.]
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It faileth naght o-boute þe hour of seuene."
"Wel, fadir, god bytake I yow, of heuene!"
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(288. Hoccleve.)
¶ Recordyng in my myndë þe lessoun
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That he me yaf, I hoom to metë wente;
And on þe morowe sette I me adoun,
And penne and ynke and parchemyn I hente,
And to performe his wil and his entente
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I took corage, and whiles it was hoot,
Vn-to my lord the princë thus I wroot [The original leaf 37—a Picture and 5 stanzas—has been torn from the Harl. MS. by some "furious Foole." The 5 stanzas are inserted here from MS. Reg. 17 D vi, leaf 40.] :—
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[HOCCLEVE'S "REGEMENT" FOR HENRY V. WHEN PRINCE OF WALES.]
[Proem.]
(289, [This stanza is under an illumination of a little poet on his knees presenting his book bound in pink to a tall crownd man standing, clad in a blue cloak, collard and lined with ermine. His under robe is colourd lake, with a black belt, studded with gold. The robe has a white-borderd pocket-slit near the top of the left thigh. The poet is in a dull brick red gown, borderd with yellow, and has lake hose. At foot is a coat of arms hung on the ornament, a fret, or, on sable, quartering a lion rampant or, gules. The arms of? Rich. Durrundill.] MS. Reg. 17, D vi, to st. 293.)
Hyë and noblë princë excellent, [folio 40a]
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My lord the prince, o my lord gracïous,
I, humble seruaunt and obedient
Vnto your éstate hye & glorious,
Of whiche I am full tendir & full ielous,
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Me recomaunde vnto your worthynesse,
With hert entier, and spirite of mekenesse.
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