[6-text p 300]
And first/ I schrewe my self bothe blood & bones/. [[Harl. 1758.]]
If thou be-gile me ofter/ than ones.
Thou schalt/ no more with thi flaterie.
Do me syng & wynke with myn ye.
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ffor he that wynketh when he schulde se.
As/ wisly god lete hym neuyr/ the.
Naie quod the ffox god yeue hym myschaunce.
That is/ so vndiscrete of gouernaunce.
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That iangleth when he schulde haue pees/.
Lo suche is/ for to be recheles/.
And necligent/ & trusteth on flaterie.
But ye that/ holdyn this/ folie.
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As/ of a ffox of a Cok/ & of an hen.
Taketh the moralite good men.
ffor seynt Poule seith all that writen is/.
To our/ doctryne it is/ writen y-wis/.
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Taketh the fruyt & letith the chaf be stille/.
Now good god if it be thi wille. [Harl. 1758 folio 200a]
As/ seith my lorde so make vs/ alle good men.
And bryng vs/ alle to his/ hye blis/ amen.
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Here endith the/ tale/ of the Nonnes/ Preest/.] [[Harl. 1758 extract ends.]] [[The Manciple's Prologue follows in Harl. 1758, after a space of 28 lines in the middle of page 200.]]
