'By som maner offycere
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Off youres, ageyn a certeyn day,
Wyth-oute prolongyng or dellay.'
And her-vp-on, by maundëment,
We haue youe a comaundëment
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That thys cherl hym nat excuse,
Nor your maundement nat refuse,
But kome to stonde at Iugëment,
A day assygned competent.
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'And to don execucïoun,
Lych [[Lyke St. See l. 10664.]] to your commyssïoun,
Vp-on thys cherl, for hys trespace.
Letteth nat, nor doth no grace,
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But yow auengeth on that wrechche,
Lyk as your power forth doth strechche.
ffor in thys caas most necessarye,
We makë yow our commyssarye,
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On our byhalue, wyth al your myght,
To executen & to don ryht
Wher ye sen that most ys nede.
'Lo her ys al, taketh good heede
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To vnderstonden your power.
The daate countyd, a thowsand yer,
Thre hundryd over, thrytty & on, [[oon . . agoon St.]]
Wryte & asselyd nat yore agon, [[oon . . agoon St.]]
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And sent by ful commyssïoun,
Vn-to thys lady dame Resoun.'
The wychë, whan she haddë rad, [[Radde . . Sadde, St.]]
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Off contenaunce demewr & saad [[Radde . . Sadde, St.]]
She abrayde by good avysëment [Stowe folio 186b]
And sayde to Rud Entendëment
Resoun: [[St., om. C.]]
'By euydence, notáble & cler,
Thow hast,' quod she, 'herd my power:
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I ha declaryd yt vn-to the. [folio 163b]
Now gyff answere ageyn to me!
Rude Intendement: [[In Stowe's hand. Entendement St.]]
'And what artow,' a-noon quod he,
'Touchyng thy power, lat me se!'
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Resoun: [[St., om. C.]]
