(75. Beggar.)
¶ "His garnamentës weren noght ful wyde,
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And yit þei hym becam wondérly wel.
Now wold[ë] god þe waast of cloth & pryde
Y-put were in exyl perpetuel,
ffor þe good and profet [profite R.] vniuersel.
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And lordes myght helpe [do R.] al this, if þei wolde
The olde get take, and it furth vse & holde. [jette vp take, and it forth holde R.]
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(76. Beggar.)
¶ "Than myghtë [myght H R.] siluer walkë morë thikke
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Among þe peple þan þat it doþ now;
Ther wold I fayne þat were y-set þe prikke,—
Nat for my self; I schal doo wel ynow,—
But, sonë, for þat swichë men as thow
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That with þe world wrastlen, myght han plente
Of coyn, where as ye han now scarsetee.
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(77. Beggar.)
¶ "Now hath þis lord [thise lordes R.] but litil neede of broomes [folio 10b]
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To swepe a-way þe filthe out of þe street, [hos versus Io. Stow citat in Chronicae sua, fol. 559 sub nomine Tho. Hoc|clive. (In the 1700 hand.)]
Syn sydë sleuës of penýlees gromes
Wile it vp likkë, be it drye or weet.
O engelond! stande vp-ryght on thy feet!
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So foul a wast in so symple degree
Bannysshe! or sore it schal repentë the.
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(78. Beggar.)
¶ "If a wight vertuous, but narwe clothid [with narwe clothes R.] ,
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To lordës curtës now of [courtes now a R.] dayës go,
His compaignye is vn-to folkës lothid;
Men passen by hym bothë to and fro,
And scorne hym, for he is arrayed so;
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To hir conceit is no wight vertuous,
But he þat of array is outrageous.
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