'Yiff thow haue nat off thys bred,
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Al thy sorwes for tapese,
Thow art lyk to haue dysesse,
And in thy weyë [[weye St., wey C.]] gret offence;
ffor wych thow shalt ha lycence
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To take thys bred, & ek conge.
'But fyrst, off ryht & equyte,
Toward thys bred or that thow drawe,
(As yt ys wryten in my lawe;)
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Thow must ha fyrst, pocessïoun
Off a sherpe [[Scrippe St.]] & a bordoun,
As thow to-forn Requeryst me
In lowly wyse to graunte hem the.
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'And I answerdë the ageyn,
And the be-hihte ek (in certeyn,)
That in myn hows ther was plente
Off bothë tweyne: thus told I the.
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And tolde the, on the tother syde,
That I sholde for the provyde,
To shewë the, in my depoos,
Thynges that wer with-Innë cloos,
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Wych I ha shewyd but to fewe;
But vn-to the I shal hem shewe. [Stowe folio 113a]
And somme off hem secrely [prose cap xcii]
I ha the shewyd in party,
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And am ay redy (as I tolde)
Thy couenauntës for to holde
With-outen al collusïoun.
'And towchyng shyrpe [[Skryppe St.]] & bordoun,
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Thow shalt hem haue (as I be-hihte) [folio 92b] [[Stowe]]
Deluyered in thyn ownë sighte. [Stowe folio 113a]
And after that, (yt ys no drede,) [[Stowe]]
Thow shalt nowe put ther-in thy bred [[C. & St.]]
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With-Inne thy shryppe, [[Skryppe St.]] as yt ys ryht; [[C. & St.]]
And affter that, thow shalt ha myght,
fforth vp-on thy way, by grace,
As A pylgrym for to passe.
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The pylgryme answerid: [In Stowe's hand.] [[The Pylgrym Answerde. St.]]
"Ma dame," quod he, with gret meknesse, [prose cap xciii]
