Wych that callyd ys 'Cyrces.' "
[[Astrolog[y]e and Geomanoy St., om. C.]] Thys tweynë loudë gan to crye,
And gan vn-to me specefye
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That I was falle vp-on Cyrces, [[cyrces St., cyces C.]]
And that I sholdë (doutëles,
By no treyne nor by no Iape)
ffrom ther [[theyr St.]] daunger nat escape.
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And I, for dred, gan hastë me
Streyht ageyn vn-to the se,
And leffte hem bothe on An ylond,
Makynge ther poyntys in the sond. [Stowe folio 339a]
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And thanne I gan to bydde and preye,
That god wolde helpe me [[me Tib., om. C., St.]] on my weye, [[Tib. A 7 begins here again, [folio 65a] ]]
ffrom allë [[alle Tib., al C., St.]] stormys in my passage,
And also fro the gret outrage
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Off wyndës wych that, hih and lowe, [folio 269b] [[C. & St.]]
Sternëly at me gan blowe. [[C. & St.]]
And in the samë syluë whyle,
I sawh apere a lytel yle,
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Wher-off I haddë gret gladnesse;
And thyderward I gan me dresse;
Rauhte so ffer vp with myn hond,
That, off grace, I kam to lond.
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And ther I sawh, off cher fful bold,
A vekkë, hydous and ryht old,
And wonder Ougly off hyr chere;
Hyr handys she beet also yffere;
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And hyr lawhyng to determyne,
Lych an hors she gan to wyne. [[whyne Tib.]]
And I, my look vp-on hyr leyde,
And evene thus to hyre I seyde:
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The Pylgryme: [[Tib., Pilgrim St., om. C.]]
"O thow most ffoul in béholdyng,
Tel on the cause off thy lawhyng!"
Ydolatrie: [[C. in margin; Idolatrye Tib., St.]]
'Kom On, and entre in with me,
And the causë thow shalt se.'
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[The Pilgrim]: [[Blank for Illumination in C.]]
And I entrede by hyr byddyng;
And ther I ffond On [[oon Tib., on St.]] syttyng
