[6-text p 401]
þat equaly þe soun of hit wole wende
And eeke þe stynke vnto þe spokes ende
Saue þat þis worþi man þis confessour
By cause he is a man of gret honour
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Schal haue þe ferste fruytes as reson is
þe noble vsage of freres ȝit is þis
þe worþy men of hem schuln ferst be serued
And certeinly he haþ it wel disserued
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he haþ to day taught vs so mochil good
Wiþ preching in þe pulpit þer he stood
þat I may vouche sauf I say for me
he hadde þe firste smelle of fartes þre
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And so wolde alle his couent hardily
he bereþ him so faire and holyly
þe lord þe lady & eche man saue þe ffrere
Sayden þat Iankyn spak in þis matiere
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As wel as euclide or protholome
Touchinge þe cherle þey seyden subtilite
And by heyh witte make him speke as he spake
he is no fool ne no demonyake
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And Iankyn haþ y-wonne a newe goune [folio 129b]
My tale is doon we ben almost at towne
¶ Here endeþ þe Somnours tale
