To thilkë party that was ffayre
Off hir, and putte me ffro dispayre,
And schewë, lyke hir contenaunce,
Som counfforte or som plesaunce;
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And that sche wolde expownë me
What lady that sche schuldë be,
Hir name, hir power, euerydel, [Stowe folio 326b]
Bothe off hir and off hir whel,
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And off the tre, and off the croppe,
And off the nestis in the coppe, [[cop St.]]
And do to [[done to St., do Tib.]] me som ávauntage,
To ffurthre me in my vyage. [Stowe leaves a blank of 10 lines in his copy, and puts a side|note "fortune should be porturatyd."]
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¶ ffortune:
'IN me (schortely to expresse)
There is no maner stablenesse;
ffor, (be hereoff ryght wel certeyn,)
Alle that I worke, is vncerteyn;
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Lyke my dowble contenaunce,
I am so fful off variaunce.
Therffore, to axe how I me guye,
It is no wysdam, but ffolye;
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I worke no thyng in certeynte,
But fful off greet duplycyte.
I am what-euere I do provyde;
ffor I lawe [[lawghe St.]] on the ryghtë [[ryght Tib., St.]] syde,
And schewe a cher off greet delyte
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On the party that I am white. [[delyt . . . whit St.]]
Thanne men me callë 'glad ffortune';
But, no while I do contune;
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ffor, longe or ffolke may aparceyue,
I kan hem sodeynely disseyue,
[The text is now again taken up from MS. Cott. Vit. c. xiii. leaf 253.] And make her Ioyë go to wrak [Stowe folio 327a] [[Cott. Vitell. C. 13.]]
Wyth ffroward mowhës at the bak. [Tib folio 60b]
'Than y, lykned [[lykenyd St.]] to the moone,
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ffolk wyl chaunge my namë sone;
And fro my whel whan they are falle,
