¶ Hic incipit fabula Canonici [on leaf 177, back]
Whan ended was þe lyf of seint Cecile
Er we fully hadde ryden fyue myle
At Boghton vnder þe blee. vs gan atake /
A man þat cloþed was in cloþes blake
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And vnder þat he hadde a whit surplys
his hakeney þat was al pomel grys [folio 178a]
So swette þat it wonder was to see
It semed he hadde priked myles þre
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þe hors eek þat his ȝoman rood vpon
So swette þat vnneþe mighte he gon
Aboute þe peytrel stood þe foom ful hiȝe
he was of fome al flekked as a pye
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A male twyfold on his croper lay
It semed þat he caryed lytel aray
Al light for somer rood þis worþy man
And in myn herte wondren I bygan
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What þat he was til þat I vnderstood
how þat his cloke was sewed to his hood
ffor which whan I longe hadde avised me /
I demed him som chanon for to be /
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his hat hyng at his bak doun by a las /
ffor he hadde ryde more þan trot or pas /
he hadde ay priked lyk as he were wood
A clote leef he hadde vnder his hood
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ffor swot and for to kepe his heed from hete
But it/ was ioye for to seen him swete /
his forhed dropped as a stillatorie
Were ful of plaunteyne and of peritorie
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