Off Paradys, of verray ryht,
By iustë tytle, thorgh your myght.
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'Lo, her the sygnyfycacion, [Stowe folio 54a]
And trewë demonstracion
Off swerd & keyës, bothe yfere,
Shortly, (yiff ye [[yow St.]] lyst to lere,)
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I ouerpasse & late yt gon,
By-causë folkys many on
Han her-to-forn (who lokë wel,)
Declaryd the mater euerydel,
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And what they tokne in ther wrytyng:
Consydreth thys in euery thyng;
Looke that ye yow nat excuse
Your offyce trewly for to vse,
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So as ye ouhtë dyscretly.'
[The Pilgrim.]
[Camb. MS. has: But to what ende j shulde come, ther-of j hadde nowht yit thouht. It is thing bifallith ofte, p. 20. ] And whan that Resoun fynally
Hadde told hyr tale, I herde al wel, [prose cap xxx]
And consydred euerydel,
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Talent I hadde, & gret desyr
3To haue that swerdë, [[swerde St., swerd C.]] bryht as ffyr,
And the keyës eke y-ffere,
Off entent (as ye shal here,)
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That I myghte ben an huissher, [Hostiarius]
Or at the gate a porter, [folio 44b]
The passage to kepe of ryht
Ther-on tawaytë [[Stowe]] day & nyht:
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This fantasye [[Stowe]] fyl in my thouht;
But, God wot, I wystë nouht, [[Stowe]]
Nor knewe ful lytel (at the leste),
What was the ffyn of my requeste,
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Nor took but lytel heed ther-to.3 [3_3Dauoir ce glaive flamboiant,Auecques les clefz, pour estre huissierDu dit passaige, et portier;Mais ad quel fin de ce venroie,Encore pas pensé n'y auoie.(5 French lines of the 1st cast puft out into 12 English, as usual.)]
And offtë tyme yt falleth so,
That A man hath wyl ta thyng [Stowe folio 54b]
