(43. Beggar.)
¶ "My lorde þe princë—god him saue & blesse!—
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Was at his deedly castigacioun,
And of his soulë hadde grete tendernesse,
Thristyngë sorë his sauacioun:
Grete was his pitous lamentacioun,
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Whan þat þis renegat not woldë blynne
Of þe stynkyng errour þat he was inne.
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(44. Beggar.)
¶ "This good lorde hiȝte hym to be sweche a mene
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To his fader, oure ligë lorde souereyne,
If he renouncë wolde his errour clene,
And come vn-to oure good byleue ageyne,
He schulde of his lif seure ben & certeyne,
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And súfficiant lyflode eek scholde he haue,
Vn-to þe day he clad were in his graue.
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[The three following stanzas are all crossed out with the pen.] (45. Beggar.)
¶ "Also þis nobyl prince & worþy knyght— [folio 6b]
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God quyte hym his charitable labour!—
Or any stikkë kyndled were or light,
The sacrement, oure blissed saueoure,
With reuerencë grete & hye honoure
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He fecchë leet, þis wrecchë to conuerte,
And make oure feiþe to synkyn in his herte.
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(46. Beggar.)
¶ "But al for noght, it woldë not bytyde;
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He heeld forþ his oppynyoun dampnáble,
And cast oure holy cristen feiþ a-syde,
As he þat was to þe fende acceptáble.
By any outward tokyn resonáble,
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If he inward hadde any repentaunce,
Þat wote he, þat of no þing haþ doutaunce.
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