'Though I neuere hem haue ageyn.'
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¶ The Pylgryme:
ANd whanne that I these wordës herde,
In maner [[St., Tib. blurd]] trewëly I fferde
As though I hadde astonyed be;
And, as it semed vn-to me,
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I stood in a perélous [[perillous St.]] cas.
And therffore I abasched was,
And sawe no bette reffute to me,
But ffro that placë ffor to ffle;
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ffor he (schortely, in sentence)
To whome I neuere dyde offence,
Me to bryngen in-to [[in St.]] distresse,
Gan to callen his maystresse
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To kome vpon [[vpon St., on Tib.]] me in greet rape,
That I schulde hir not escape.
And sche, off ffalse entencyoun,
Kam out off hir pávilloun [[pavylyon St.]]
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Affter me, that I wente abak,
Hydous off look, oolde and blak,
Off whom I greetly [[gretly I St.]] was afferd. [Tib folio 49a]
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In the [[In the, om. St.]] mydde off a book, sche heelde a swerd;
Other scawberk hadde sche noon;
And, as I byhelde anoon,
Sche hadde (in sothe, as thoughtë [[thought Tib., St.]] me) [Stowe folio 320b]
Largë whyngës ffor to ffle.
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¶ And, by a maner ffelonye,
Sche gan loudë ffor to crye;
And, me manasynge off pryde,
Bad me that I schulde abyde;
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And ellis, mawgrey al my myght,
I schulde not skape out off hir [[his St.]] syght
Til I haddë in partye
Somwhat seyne off hir maystrye.
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And towarde me hir look sche caste,
And gan to come vp-on fful ffaste;
But as sche kam, it semptë me,
That sche sate hygh vp-on a tre,
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And pleynely gan to speceffye,
Hir namë was 'Nygrómauncye,'
