'ffeleth ther-in no maner thyng, [folio 97a] [[C. & St.]]
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Thanne off Folye, he chek maat, [[C. & St.]]
Awhapyd and dysconsolat, [[C. & St.]]
Sent yt ageyn (yt stondeth so) [[C. & St.]]
By thylkë gate that yt kam fro; [[C. & St.]]
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ffor he (shortly, in sentement) [[St. & C.]]
Koude gyue noon other Iugëment, [[St. & C.]]
ffor al hys wyttys wer a-gon,
Saue that Eryng (among echon)
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Kam a-noon to hys refuge,
ffor to deme & be a Iuge,
As yt longede off verray ryht.
'ffor smellyng, Tastyng, touch, & Syht,
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They wer deceyved, euerychon;
And for to knowe the trouthe a-noon,
And a trewë doom to make,
A man mustë the Eyën take,
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And to the Erys hem translate,
Wych off Eryng ys the gate;
And ther, whan they be set aryht,
They shal be cleryd so off syht
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To demë trouthe, and no-thyng erre,
Bryht as any sonne or sterre.'
The pylgrym answereth:
"What euer," quod I, "that ye han sayd, [Stowe folio 119b]
Ther-off I am ryht wel a-payd.
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I ha consydred euerydel
That ye to-forn ha seyd ryht wel;
ffor wych, ma dame, (as ye best se,)
I wylë [[wyl St.]] that myn Eyen be
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With-Inne myn Erys set a-noon,
Or ye any ferther gon.
ffor I ha conceyved in my thouht,
That to me, ful lyte or nouht
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My pylgrymagë sholde avaylle,
Yiff so that I dydë ffaylle
To haue a Skryppë / or Burdon." [Stowe folio 119b] [folio 97b]
¶ And tho / to myn Entencïon / [[Stowe]]
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(Lyche as to yow / I toldë Late /) [[Stowe]]
Myn Eyen two she gan translate [[Stowe]]
