(107. Beggar.)
¶ "I coude of youþe han talkyd more & tolde
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þan I haue done, but þe day passiþ swiþe,
And eke me leuer is by many folde [folde R, flode H.]
þy greef to knowë, whiche þat sit so ny þe.
Telle on anon, my goodë sone, [sone R, om. H.] and I the
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Schal [Shall R, And schal H.] herken, as þou [so longe] hast done me;
And, as I can, wele I conseylë þe."
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(108. Hoccleve.)
¶ "Graunt mercy, derë fadir, of youre speche;
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Ye han ryght wel me comforted & esyd;
And hertily I praye yowe, and byseche,
What I firste to yow spak be nat displesyd;
It rewiþ me if I yow haue disesyd,
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And mekely yow byseche I of pardoun,
Me súbmittyng vn-to [vnto your R.] correccïoun.
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(109. Hoccleve.)
¶ "I wot wel, first whan þat I with yow mette, [folio 14b]
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I was ful mad, and spak ful rudëly,
Þogh I nat sleptë, yit my spirit mette
fful angry dremës; þoght ful bysily
Vexid my goost, so þat no þing wyste I
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What þat I to yow spak, or what I þoghte,
But here & þerë I my seluen soghte.
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(110. Hoccleve.)
¶ "I preye yow demeth noght þat in dispyit
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I haddë yow, for age or poueretee;
I mente it noght; but I stode in swiche plyit
Þat it was noþing likly vn-to me,
Þogh ye had knowen al my pryuete,
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Þat ye myghten my greef þus han abregged
As ye han done; so sore I was aggregged.
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