'Tyl tymë that ye kome to me,
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In your nede yow to releue.'
'Wher-vp-on I may wel preue,
That yt ys at allë tymes
Permyssyble to pylgrymes
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To bern A skryppe & ek a staff;
ffor ther mayster, lycence hem gaff;
Record the byble, yiff yt be souht.
'Wherfor, medle the ryht nouht
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Tarest [[To ha Rest St., [folio 191b] ]] pylgrymes by vyolence, [folio 167b]
ffor they han ther-to lycence,
Mawgre thy malys & thy myghte;
ffor ther congè shal off ryht
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Laste to hem in ther vyáge,
Tyl they ha don her pylgrymage.'
Rude Entendement: [[St., om. C.]]
'The wordys that thow dost specefye,
Ar but wordys off mokarye;
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ffor yiff so stood, thys myghty kyng
Hadde dyffendyd any thyng
That he hadde ordeyned or ysayd,
Off the textys [[Tixtis St.]] that thow hast layd,
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They sholde ha be [[be C., om. St.]] (who lyst to look,)
Yracyd clene out off the book,
Lych vn-to hys ordynaunce,
Wyth-outen any varyaunce.'
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Resoun [[St., om. C.]] :
'That ys nat so,' a-noon quod she,
'ffor, off ryht & equyte,
Ech [[Eche St.]] thyng (shortly for to ryme,)
Mustë duely [[Most duelly St.]] haue hys tyme:—
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I dar afferme that yt ys soth,
What men seyn, or what men doth;—
Consydred [[Consyderyng St.]] wel, by cler seyng,
The Trewë cause off euery thyng,
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Thenchesoun & mutacïouns,
The dedys & narracïouns
Off allë thyng, (who lokë wel); [Stowe folio 192a]
And cause also why the gospel
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Ys mor plesynge to the siht—
