And was brouht vn-to the poynt
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Off heuynesse in my corage,
Tryst & mornyng off visage,
Gracë dïeu cam a-geyn
And thus she gan vn-to me [[vnto C., to me St.]] seyn:
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Grace dieu
'Thow shalt no thyng do,' quod she,
'But at [[alle St.]] thyn ownë lyberte:
Thyn armure thow hast cast a-way, [prose cap cxli]
And stondyst now in gret affray,
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Venquisshed (in conclusïoun),
With-outë strook yput adoun,
And fallen in gret febylnesse;
Wher-for behoueth besynesse,
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And also ful gret dyllygence.
'Thy gret [[grete St.]] harmys to Recompense,
Thow must be wasshe & bathyd offte,
And couchyd in a bed ful soffte,
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Ther-in thy syluen to dysporte,
And han a leche, the to coumforte, [Stowe folio 150a]
Thy synwes harde to mollefye
With oynementys, to make hem plye.
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Tel on A-noon; let for no slouthe;
Her-off, yiff I sey thé the [[the the St., the C.]] trouth.'
The pylgrym
"Ma dame," quod I, "yt ys no les; [[lees St.]] [folio 132a] [prose cap cxlii]
Off my peynës to haue reles,
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I woldë fayn (trusteth me)
Off my disesses [[dyssese St.]] holpen be.
The maner (yiff ye koude espye)
ffor to shape a remedye;
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ffor, be my trouthe, I yow ensure,
That I may no lenger dure
To suffre mor, (taketh [[more / take St.]] good hed,)
But that I muste pleynly be ded:
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With-Inne my-sylff, many wyse,
Off labour I fele so gret feyntyse."
Grace dieu
Quod Gracë dieu a-noon to me:
'I haue espyed wel, and Se:
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