Turne ouer the lef & ches a noþer tale
for he schal fynde I-nowe grete & smale
Of storyal thyng þat touchith gentillesse
An ek Morallite and holynesse
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Blamyth not me ȝif ȝe chesyn amys [folio 176a]
The mellere is a cherl ȝe knowe wel this
So was the reue & oþere manye mo
And harlotrye þey tolde bothe to
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Avyseth ȝow put me out of blame
And ek men schal not makyn ernest of game
here endith the prologe/ [[No gap in the MS.]]
