'Thow knowest (I trowe, in thyn entent)
That Ire hath me to [[vnto St.]] the sent:
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Thys sawe shal me ber record;
ffor he and I ben off accord;
Mawgre thy myght, thow mvst ley doun
Her, affor me, thy Bordoun.
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'Thow hast nat On, in thy dyffence, [folio 238b] [[St. & C.]]
No Gambysoun [[St., C. burnt]] off pacyence,
For off thy targe [[St., C. burnt]] and off [[Targe/nor St.]] thy swerd
I am in no wyse afferd;
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They may no thyng avayllë the,
ffor to ffyhte ageynës [[ageyns C., St.]] me.'
the pilgrym: [[In Stowe's hand. The Pylgrym St.]]
"Touchyng thy name, me lyst nat lere;
But off the I wolde enquere,
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Wher-off thyn Instreumentys thre
Servyn, that thow beryst with the."
tribulacion: [[In Stowe's hand. Trybulacion St.]]
'Myn instrumentys (in wordys ffewe)
Declare openly, and shewe
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(Shortly in conclusïoun)
What ys myn occupacïoun.
Me wanteth nothyng but a styth,
But I sholdë, lyk a smyth,
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fforge A-noon (with-outë stryff)
Vn-to the A crowne off lyff.
But, for cause (yiff thow ha mynde)
That thy Styth ys lefft behynde
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Off neclygence, ther thow gost,
Thow stanst in pereyl to be lost.
And for thy styth ys now away,
I shal the smyten, yiff I may;
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Than thow shalt, with-Inne A trowe, [[throwe St.]]
My konnyng and my crafft wel knowe.
'I am gold-smyth (in sothnesse)
Off hevene, and the forgeresse
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Wych in erthe (by gret avys)
fforge the crownys off paradys;
ffor with myn hamer, mor and more [Stowe folio 280a]
I batre the metal wonder sore,
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