[6-text p 587]
The flemyng seyth & lerne it ȝif the leste
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That lytil Iangelyng causyth meche reste
Myn sone ȝif thow no wekede word hast seyd
The thar nat drede the for to been by-wreyd
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But he that hath mysseyd / I dare weel sen
He may by no weye clepe his word a-geyn
Thyng that is seid / is seyd & forth it goth [folio 398b]
Thow hym repente or be hym lef or loth
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He is his thral to whom that he hath sayd
A tale of whiche he is now euele apayed
Myn sone be war & be non autour newe
Of tydyngis whedyr they been false or trewe
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Wheere so thow come a-mongis highe or lowe
Keek weel thyn tunge & think vp-on the Crowe
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Here is endit the Mauncipell tale/
