'Wheder / that euery / goode Pylgryme /
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Tendyth / in his pylgrymage /7 [[7_7 St., om. C.]]
And who that hath swych avauntage
To kome to hym, he may sey wel
That he hath endyd euerydel
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Hys pylgrymage, & ffaylleth nouht
To kome to that that he hath souht. [[bought St.]]
Thus thapostles, On by on,
Komë to hym euerychon,
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Travayllyngë nyht & day:
As parfyt pylgrymes in ther way,
By choys & by elleccïoun
And also by vocacïoun
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They kam to hym, (yt ys no nay) [folio 167a]
And thanne to hem [[hem St., hym C.]]
Bad hem, 'in cyte nor in town,
Nouther ber skryppë nor bordoun.'
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And they, in euery maner thyng, [Stowe folio 191a]
Lowly obeydë hys byddyng.
'But to-forn he sholdë deye,
That precept he gan modefye
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To hys dysciples, (as I rede,)
ffor he sawh they sholde ha nede,
Affter hys deth, whan he wer gon;
Therfor he bad hem euerychon,
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Vn-to her proteccïoun
To haue a skryppe & a bordoun.
'Radeth luk the gospeler, [Qui habet sacculum, tollat, similiter [[silicet St.]] & peram / Luce, 2 capitulo.]
Wher the text ys pleyn & cler:
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He byddeth (who kan loke wel)
'That who that haveth a sachel, [[Sagelle St.]]
Lat hym (to hys dyffencioun,)
Take a skryppe & a bordoun,
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And a staff vp-on to reste,
ffor ye shal fynde yt for the beste;
Swych thynges ben vn-to yow due,
Affter me yiff ye shal sue,
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And folwen my gouernaunce;
And ye shal hauen suffysaunce
Off bredë, [[brede St., bred C.]] wherso that ye be,
