'In somer aud in wynter shours,
In chaumbrys off thys Emperours,
Off kynges, dukys, (who lyst sek,)
And off gretë bysshopys ek,
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Off abbotys, pryours, and prelatys, [Stowe folio 242b]
And many other grete estatys,
Wych neuer was (to ther semynge)
Callyd Oldë [[olde St., Old C.]] nor stynkynge,
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Wher-off I wyl avengë me;
But yiff thow the strenger be,
Aud mor off power, than am I.
I shal the venquysshe cruelly.'
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The Pylgrym [[St., om. C.]] :
Than off hyre I gan enquere,
That she wolde me pleynly lere,
And declare, by short avys,
Bothe hyr name and hyr offys.
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Slouthe [[St., om. C.]] : [folio 209b]
'The trouthë,' yiff I shal the telle,
'With a mayster I do dwelle.
ffel and vnkouth off hys cher,
And ys off hellë cheff Boocher;
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And with thys corde (yt ys no drede)
Al pylgrymes to hym I lede,
As thys Bocherys don a beste.
Swych as I may in soth areste,
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I bynde hem by the feet echon;
And I ha lad hym many on,
And yet I hopë that I shal, [Stowe folio 243a]
And thy sylff in especïal;
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Trustë wel, for haste nor rape,
Thow shalt not fro my daunger skape.
'But ffyrst off all I shal me spede,
To thylkë placë thé to lede;
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ffor I am she (my name ys spronge)
That lye a bedde with ffolkys yonge,
And make hem tournë to and ffro;
I [[And St.]] close her Eyen bothë two,
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I make hem slepë, dreme and slombre,
Yongë folkys out off noumbre;
