Ryht agreable by vertu
Vn-to that lady, Grace Dieu,
And of servyse acceptable
To that lady worshepable.'
Line 1896
¶ In thys whyle that dame Resoun [prose cap xvii]
Hadde comunycacyoun
Wyth Moyses, ryht ther with-al
The forseyde offycyal
Line 1900
Ys with hys oynementys gon,
And putte hem in warde a-noon:
That they wer sauff, I dar wel seye,
Closyd vnder look & keye.
Line 1904
Ordre off maryage:
And tho, myn Eye as I vp caste,
I sawe komen [[saughe komyng St.]] wonder faste
A pylgrym al sodeynly,
Holdyng hys weye fynally,
Line 1908
(As me thouht in hys entent),
Drawynge in-to the oryent;
And euene in the opposyt
I sawe ek kome by gret delyt [[5 lines blank in MS. for an Illumination.]]
Line 1912
A womman, wych that was also
A pylgrym ek; & bothë [[bothe St., both C.]] two,
Her wey took in especyal
To-wardys the offycyal [Camb. MS. goes on: And eche of hem took him his hand, and he took hem and ioyned hem to-gidere, and sithe seide hem, as me thouhte, 'ye tweyne shule be bothe oon, and iche of yow bere trowthe to oother,' p. 13.] ;
Line 1916
Sayde vn-to hym, they bothe a-noon, [[St. & C.]]
How they wolde to-gyder gon [[St. & C.]]
On pylgrymage in ther degre [[St. & C.]]
To Ierusaleem, the Cytee, [Stowe folio 38b]
Line 1920
'So ye teche vs, and dysserne [[St. & C.]]
How that we shall vs gouerne, [[St. & C.]]
To be sur, in oure passage, [[St. & C.]]
To ffulfylle our pylgrymage.' [[St. & C.]]
Line 1924
Thanne anoon Thoffycyal,
Whan he knew ther menyng al,
Tolde hem, yiff they woldë gon,
