"I thanke vn-to your worthynesse;
ffor my desyr & my wysshynges
Resten fully in thys thynges.
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I wolde, with-outë wordys mo,
Have hem fayn, & ben ago."
Thanne thys lady, off hyr grace, [prose cap xciv]
Laddë me in-to a place
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In wyche (who kan reportë wel)
Was ful many a ffayr Iowel,
Vp-on wyche myn Eye I leyde; [Stowe folio 113b]
And Euene thus to me she seyde:
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Grace dieu spake: [[In Stowe's hand. The Stowe MS. has it.]]
'Lefft vp thyn Eye, be-hold & se, [From 1. 6241 to 1. 6581 is a dialogue between Grace Dieu and the Pilgrim touching the five senses, and as to the transfer of his eyes to his ears, all which is omitted in the Camb. MS. and in the first French prose.—Aldenham.]
And tak good heed now vn-to me!
'ffyrst, thys skryppe & thys bordoun
Haven thys condycyoun,
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That thow in soth may them [[mayst hem St.]] nat se,
But yiff so falle, thyn eyen be
Set ther as thyn Erys stonde.
And therfor thow shalt vnderstonde,
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Yiff thow hem seye A-noon now ryht
With thyn Eyen cler & bryht,
Wher as they be, now trustë wel
They sholde the plesë neueradel.
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Wherfor I shal (yiff that I may)
Bothe thyn Eyen take away,
And hem out off her placë fette; [folio 93a] [[C. & St.]]
And in thyn Erys I shal hem sette, [[C. & St.]]
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That thow mayst, at lyberte, [[C. & St.]]
Skryppe & bordoun bettre se.' [[C. & St.]]
the pylgryme marvelethe: [In Stowe's hand.] [[The Pylgrym merveylleth. St.]]
"Madame," quod I, "what lyst ye seyn?
Me thynketh that ye speke in veyn:
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Ye speke off thyng that me wer loth, [Stowe folio 114a]
And make myn hertë wonder wroth,
And yive to me occasïoun
To leuë skryppe & ek bordoun,
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