'Worshepe, & long perséueraunce,
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Wyth power, by our commyssïoun,
For to don execucyoun, [folio 162b]
Redres, & amendëment, [[St. transposes these lines.]]
Off fawtys wych in our parlement [[St. transposes these lines.]] [Stowe folio 185b]
Be compleynyd on, day by day,
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Off pylgrymes wych passen by the way,
Voyde off guile & al deceyt,—
How on [[oon St.]] lyth falsly in a-wayt,
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Hem to dysturble, robbe & reue,
And in her passage hem to greue;
A cherl ffroward & daungerous,
Off cher & port malycyous,
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And ay pervers in hys entent,
Whose name ys 'rud Entendëment'
Wych lyth awaytyng, by gret mescheff,
By hihë [[hye St.]] weyës, lyk a theff;
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Day & nyht, gret wach doth make,
Cely pylgrymes for to take,
To robbe hem (off entencyoun)
Off ther skryppys, & bordoun,
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And stuff [[Stuffe St.]] that they han wyth hem lad.
'And thys cherl, to be mor drad, [[ladde . . dradde St.]]
And supportyd on ech syde,
Hath ytake a maas off pryde,
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A staff off ffals extorcïoun,
Callyd by Rebellïoun
(Trewly for to specefye)
'The staff off obstynacye,'
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Grauntyd off prydë, by assent,
Vn-to rud Entendëment.
'And thus thys .iii. [[thre St.]] confederat,
Causen a ful [[foule St.]] gret debaat
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And a perillous mortal stryff
To pylgrymes in thys present lyff,
Ther weyës, when they ha wyth-set. [[sette . . mette St.]]
'And trewly now, thys iii [[thes thre St.]] be met, [[sette . . mette St.]]
I kan no bet [[better St.]] amendëment, [Stowe folio 186a]
But that Rud Entendëment [folio 163a]
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Be somownyd to appere,
