And fynally, al myn armure; [[Blank in MS. for an Illumination.]]
Wheroff me thouhte I was wel esyd.
But Gracë dieu was nat wel plesyd
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(Shortly) off my gouernaunce,
But took yt parcel in greuaunce,
And fro me she gan declyne, [[And to me no thyng dydde seyne St. (after the next line).]
And entrede in, [[inne St.]] in hyr courtyne.
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And disarmyd I a-bood,
And fulle nakyd so [[stylle n. ther St.]] I stood,
And [[And St., om. C.]] ffel in-to A maner [[in to manere of a St.]] Rage
Off dysconfort, in my corage.
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The lak vpon me [[my St.]] sylff I leyde;
And thus vn-to my sylff I seyde:
"Allas!" quod I, "what shal I do,
Now gracë dieu ys go me fro?
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I stonde in gret dysioynt, certeyn,
But vn-to me she kome a-geyn,
Wych armede me ful ryally,
And apparayllede Richëly,
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Lyk taknyht [[to a knyhte St.]] that sholde assaylle
Hys Enmyës in [[in the]] bataylle.
But I was nat worthy ther-to,
That she sholdë ha [[have St.]] do So,
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Off neclygence and ffreelte
Now I haue dyspoylled me,
Destytut on euery syde.
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"And trewly now I most a-byde, [Stowe folio 149b]
As a shepperde (who taketh kep,) [folio 131b]
With dauyd for to kepë shep,
With staff & slyngë, as dyde he,
I trowe yt wyl noon other be.
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Gracë dieu so me be-hyhte
Whan that I stood [[stoode St.]] in hyr syhte,
Dysarmyd my body, euerydel,
Wher-off she lykede [[lykyng St.]] no thyng wel;
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But pleynly, off my gouernaunce,
Me sempte she haddë dysplesaunce."
And whil I stood in swych dysioynt, [prose cap cxl.-i] [Omitting the coming of the wench Memory with her eyes in the back of her neck, p. 73 Roxb.]
