'ffor thys worm, hym-sylff doth hyde
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With-Inne thys pot ful couertly,
That no man may wel espy
Off hys engendryng, fer nor ner;
Nor of hys norysshyng the maner.
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Thys, the werm of conscïence,
Wych hath hys teht [[Tethe St.]] by vyolence
Hardere (who that lookë wel,)
Than outher Iron outher stel;
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Wonder cruel, ay fretynge,
And ryht perillous in percynge,
So fer forth (yt ys no drede,)
But he be slayn in verray dede,
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Thys mortal werm wyl neuere fyne,
Vp-on hys mayster for to myne,
And gnawe vp-on hym day & nyht, [Stowe folio 80a]
Tyl he ha slay hym thorgh hys myght,
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Thorgh hys dredful vyolence.
'But for to makë résistence,
Ageyn thys werm, hym to with-stand,
I ber thys [[an St.]] hamer in myn hand,
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And smyte a-pon hym ay so sore,
And spare hym nat, but mor & more
I ley vpon hym, to be wroke.
And thys ys whan the pot ys broke
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On pecys smalë, vp & doun,
By verray trewe contricïoun.
ffor yiff yt wer nat broke aright, [folio 65b] [[C. & St.]]
Myn hamer sholdë ha no myght: [[C. & St.]]
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Thys the Fyn, shortly to seye, [[C. & St.]]
To slen hym nor [[Stowe]] to make hym deye.
Wherfor ye mostë [[ye muste St., . . most C.]] suffre wel
That I breke hym euerydel
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On pecys smale, the werm to presse,
Tavoyde away al vnclennesse.
And on thys werm, (yiff ye lyst se,)
Thus I shal avengyd be;
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Make hym lowly to obeye, [[to beye C., tobeye St.]]
That he of verray forcë deye
To-for yow in your ownë syht.
