'And now I lepë Iouy pe [[merry foot.]] ;
Now I sterte, & now I ffle.
Selde abydyng in O thouht,
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Al daungerous [[Alle daungerys St.]] I sette at nouht,
Wyth wyldënesse I go to scole;
Now I sprynge, now I carole;
I tryppe, I cryë, synge & daunce,
And euere ful off varyaunce,
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And fful selde abyde in On.
I wrastle, & I caste the ston;
I brekë bothen hegge & wal,
And clymbë treës [[trees St., tres C.]] oueral
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In gardyns wher the ffrut ys good.
And who that euere be wroth or wood,
I ne take no maner hede.
'Sestow nat wel, in verray dede,
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By my ffethrys cler & bryht,
Vp-on my ffeet, how I am lyht,
And as swyfft (sothly to tel) [Stowe folio 197a]
As whylom was Asael. [2 Regum 2 Capitulo. St., om. C.]
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But the byble doth vs lere
He bouhte hys swyfftnesse al to dere;
And offtë sythës, out off noumbre,
To gret swyfftnessë doth encoumbre,
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As oldë storyes tellë kaan; [folio 172a]
ffor bet ys yt, on wysëman [[yt ys . . wyse St., wys C.]]
Slowh off ffootë, wyth prudence,
Than ffoure other (in sentence)
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Lyht off ffoote, wyth hyr ffolye,
Wych hem syluen kan nat guye,
Nor by wysdom kan nat werche,
'Wherffor somtyme holy cherche
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Whylom made an ordynaunce,
That no man sholde ha gouernaunce
In hys bowndys (yt ys no drede)
But yiff he haddë ffeet off led,
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In gret sadnesse to endure.
'But off al thys I do no cure;
I wyl be ffethryd, & go ffle,
And among, go sportë me;
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