'And thus thys mayster ys a-gon, [[C. & St.]]
And dydë ek [[alle St.]] hys bysy cure, [[C. & St.]]
ffor to tellen to Nature [[C. & St.]]
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Off hys exployts and off hys sped. [[C. & St.]]
And a-noon, as she took heed,
She gan to gruchen in hyr thouht;
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But whan she sawh yt wayllede [[vayllede St.]] nouht, [Stowe folio 112a]
Mor to maken résistence,
She suffrede al in pacïence.'
Whan Gracë Dieu off hyr bounte, [prose cap xc]
Thys talë hadde ytold to me,
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To-forn as ye han herd devysed,
With gret desyr I was supprysed
In my thouht & my coráge,
And hungrede for myn ávauntage,
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In hope tave had the bettre sped
ffor to haue Etyn off that bred.
The Pylgrym prayede. [[St., om. C.]]
"Ma dame," quod he, & gan hym meke,
"Humblely I yow be-seke,
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Me to graunte, to myn encres,
Off the Releff off Moyses,
My voyded hertë to fulfylle,
Wych so longe (a-geyn my wylle,
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As ye wel knowe,) hath voydë be,
And neuere ne hadde hys ful sawlee. [[sawle St.]]
ffor, to thys tyme neuere yit
I nat conceyvede in my wyt
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Wher-with yt myghte fulfylled be;
ffor wych, I pray yow, graunteth me."
Grace Dieu Answerde [[St., om. C.]]
'Certys,' quod she, 'thy requeste, [Stowe folio 112b] [prose cap xci]
I holde yt ys nat dyshoneste;
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ffor thys bred ys necessarye [folio 92a] [[C. & St.]]
To allë folk wych lyst nat tarye [[C. & St.]]
In ther vyage, thus semeth me. [[C. & St.]]
ffor, or thow come to that cyte [[C. & St.]]
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Whyder thow castest for to gon, [[C. & St.]]
By many weyës mo than on,
Thow shalt be troublyd (yt ys no dred)
