And with hem, fro me she goth. [There is nothing in Camb. corresponding to the lines be|tween Nos. 2302 and 2344. p. 110, MS.]
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Wherfor now I kan nat se
Who shal delyueren vnto me
Sherpe [[Scryppe St.]] or bordoun to my vyage,
To helpe me in my pylgrymage,
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Wych she me hyhte thys other day."
But thanne A-noon I took my way
To-wardys hyre lyne Ryght,
And Thoughtë pleynly that I myghte
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Seyn to hyre my fantasye,
And my matere specefye;
ffor sythe the tyme, ffer nor ner,
That I was wasshe in the Ryver
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By hyre Aduocat, fayre & wel,
I spak not with hyre neuere a del.
And in the tyme off my wasshyng,
The aduocat, by hyr byddyng,
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Spak for me in goodly wyse,
As ye to-forn han herd devyse.
Wher-fore I thouhte I wolde assaye [folio 37b] [[St. & C.]]
To speke to hire, & not delaye: [[St. & C.]]
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"Ma dame," quod I, "and yt yow plese, [[St. & C.]]
I am falle in gret dysesse, [[St. & C.]]
And dyscomforted in myn herte, [[St. & C.]]
Whan I consydre and aduerte, [[St. & C.]]
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That Moyses gaff yow a-way; [[St. & C.]]
Which Gyfft ys no thyng to my pay; [[St. & C.]]
For yiff I wante yow, in certeyn [[St. & C.]]
My pylgrymage ys but in veyn."
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Grace Dieu answereth:
Quod Grace Dieu, 'yiff thow take hede,
Thow hast verrayly in dede
fforyete al that I ha the told.
Wostow nat wel, to yong & old,
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That [[Stowe]] I wyl profyte what I may [Non subtrahet personam cuiusquam Deus quoni|am pusillum et magnum ipse fecit, et equaliter est illi cura de omnibus. Sa|pientie. v[i]o [5].]
To [[Stowe]] all that go the ryhtë way;
So that euery pylgrym shal
At allë [[alle St., al C.]] tymes (lo her ys al)
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