In A chayer, an ymage,
Ryht ffoul off look and off vysage:
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He sat crownyd lyk a kyng,
In hys hond a swerd holdyng;
Vp-on hys shuldrys brood and large
Me thouhtë that he had a targe, [folio 270a] [Tib folio 65b] [[Tib., C., & St.]]
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Wyth blakë fflyës al depeynt: [[Tib., C., & St.]]
Yreynës [[And vreynes Tib.]] wern A-mong hem meynt; [[Tib., C., & St.]] [[An Illumination follows this line in Tib.]]
And (wych that ys ful foul to nevene) [[Tib., C., & St.]]
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Ther was a maner off smoky levene [[heuene Tib.]] [[Tib., C., & St.]]
Wych the ydole dyde embrace. [[Tib., C., & St.]]
And round abouten in the place, [[Tib., C., & St.]]
Yt was fful (I yow ensure)
Off bryddës dunge and foul ordure.
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To-for thys mawmet (in certeyn)
I sawh knelyn a vyleyn,
With powdrys and [[and om. Tib.]] with fumys blake,
Sacryfysë for to make
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To thys ydole, with hys sheld.
And he that [[that om. Tib.]] knelede (as I be-held)
Was [[And was Tib.]] (to myn Oppynyoun)
A Carpenter or a masoun.
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Idolatrye: [[Tib., St., in margin C.]]
Thanne thys dame Ydolatrye, [Stowe folio 339b]
ffoul and horryble off look and Eye,
'Behold,' quod she, 'and lookë wel, [Tib folio 66a]
And se the maner euerydel
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How I ha [[haue Tib.]] Ioye and gret gladnesse
To sen thys cherl, by gret humblesse,
Toward thys mawmet hym-sylff tavaunce, [[to vaunce Tib.]]
Don worshepe, and óbseruaunce;
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And I abydë, for to se
That thow shalt knele vp-on thy kne,
To-fforn hym, by devocïoun.
fforsake thy skryppe and thy bordoun;
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And, to hys myghty excellence,
Don worshepe and reuerence.'
The Pylgryme: [[Tib., Pilgrim St., om. C.]]
Lyst for thys thyng I ffyl [[Leste . . ffelle Tib.]] in blame,
