[6-text p 269]
[6-text p 270]
Dampnede was he to deye in that prysoun
For Roger which that bischop was of Pyze
Hadde on hym mad a fals suggestioun
Thour the peple gan vp-on hym ryse
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And puttyn hym in prysoun in swich wyse
As ȝe han herd & mete & drynk he hadde
So smal that wel anethe it may suffyse
And there withal it was fful poore & badde
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And on a day by-fel that in that hour
Whan that his meete / wont was to been brought [[Leaves 363-4, Camb. MS, are cut out; till l. 3653.]]
[The Ieylour shet þe dores of þe toure [Sloane MS 1685 folio 209a]
he herd it wele but he sawe it nouȝt
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As in hys herte a-none þere felle a þouȝt
þat þei for hungre wolde done hem dye
Alas. quod he Alas þat I was wrouȝt
þere-with þe teeres felle fro þe eye
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His ȝonge sonne þre ȝeere was of age
Vnto hym said fader why do ȝe wepe
Whan wille þe Gaylour brynge our potage
Is þere no morselle brede þat ȝe do kepe
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I am so hongerye þat I may not slepe
Nowe wolde god þat I myȝte slepen euere
[Than schulde non hungre in my wombe crepe.
Ther/ is/ nothyng saue breed that me were leuyr/. [Harl. 1758 folio 188b] ]
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Thys day by day þe childe gan to crye [Sloane MS 1685 folio 209a]
Tyll in hys ffadere barme a doune hit lay
And said fadir/ fare wele I mot deye
And kyste hys fader and deyde þe same daye
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And whan hys woofulle fadere did hym saye
ffor. woo hys armes too he gan to byte
And sayde fortune Alas and weylaway
þi. false wyles my woo I may wyte
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