'Off entent I sholdë be
Euere ther-in, & nat gon oute,
Te kepe me sur [[sure St.]] ffro euery doute
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Whyl that I a pylgrym were,
That enmy noon me sholdë dere
By noon assaut, vp-on no syde,
Yiff I koude wysly provyde
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ffor my sylff on [[in St.]] euery part
ffro shot off quarel, or cast off dart,
Or ffro shetyng off croos bowes,
Outher at wyketys or wyndowys
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Ylefft [[Yleffte St.]] Open reklesly,
Off neclygence or ffooly,
And be nat dyffencyd wel [Stowe folio 212b]
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Wyth barrys off yren nor off stel, [Ascendit mors per Fenestras. St., om. C.]
Nor yclosyd by good devys,
Overthwertyd wyth no latys;
ffor wych, myn Enmyes many tyme,
(Bothe at eve and ek at prime)
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Whan they open haue hem ffounde,
They han me hurt wyth many a wonde,
The wych fful sorë doth me greue.
'But, off entent me to releue,
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I haue ordeyned (by gret avys)
Barrys off yren & latys,
The ffenestrallys to Amende
In cross wyse, me to dyffende. [folio 185a]
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'And ech pylgrym, in thys world here,
Haddë nedë ffor to lere
The fenestrallys off hys body,
ffor to crosse hem myghtyly,
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And hem to kepe in surëte.
'And no dyffence so good maybe,
As in croos [[a Croos St.]] wyse (yiff they be wys)
To close [[St. closes C.]] ther wyndowes wyth latys,
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In remembraunce (ffor ther goode)
Off hym that heng vp on A roode.
'And, to dyffende vs ffro daunger
Lat vs maken a baner
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Off the croos, ffor our dyffence
