'The maner off thy gouernaunce.'
Rude Entendement: [[St., om. C.]]
'Yiff thow wylt a whylë dwelle,
The causë pleynly I shal telle.
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In the gospel, yt ys rad [[radde . . badde St.]]
How the kyng hym syluen bad, [[radde . . badde St.]]
'No man to bern [[beren St.]] out off hys toun,
Nouther skryppë nor bordoun.'
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And platly, for to kepe hys lawe,
I wyl nat feynë nor wyth-drawe,
But, off hool entencïoun,
Be-reuë skryppe & ek [[& ek C., and St.]] bordoun
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ffro pylgrymès, wher they passe:
They gete off me noon other grace.'
Resoun: [[St., om. C.]]
'Touchynge thyn oppynyoun [folio 166b]
Off the skryppe & the bordoun,
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(Yiff yt be clerly comprehendyd,)
Thogh they somtyme wer dyffendyd,
That dyffence ys now wyth-drawe,
And they be suffryd by the lawe,
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That pylgrymës (nyh & ferre)
In pylgrymáges may hem bere,
Hem to sustene in ther walkyng;
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ffor noon vnworshepe to a kyng, [Stowe folio 190b]
Thogh somwhyle, syth hé hath myghte,
Chaunge hys lawes off verray ryht.
'And cause off chaungyng (in certeyn)
Off thys lawe I shal the seyn:
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Who that hath Achevyd wel
Hys pylgrymagë, euerydel,
Yt nedeth hym nat [[nat hym St.]] (who kan se)
Longer a pylgrym for to be.
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Therfor (tak good hed to thys!)
A man no lenger pylgrym ys,
Than he hath skryppe & bordoun;
ffor bothen (in conclusïoun)
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Ne seruë to noon ávauntage,
Whan men ha don ther pylgrymage.
7'And Cryst Ihesu / ys Terme and Fyne /
