'And helpe hym, that he myghtë spede, [folio 271a]
To forthre hym in hys gret nede,
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Syth he in hym doth so affye.
'Se how thys fool, off hys ffolye,
Seth how hys Mawmet, ffoul off chere,
Herys [[eres Tib., St.]] hath, [[he hath Tib.]] and may nat here;
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And syttynge also in hys se,
Eyen hath, and may nat se;
But ys as dowmb as stok or ston;
And hath ffet, and may nat gon,
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Nor from hys chayer, a foot remewe,
Thogh al the world hym woldë sue.
'Hys swerd, hys targë, in bataylle
May to hym ryht nouht avaylle;
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ffor he ys ded, as ston or [[C., Tib., in St.]] tre. [Tib folio 67a]
And [[And oonly Tib.]] trewly (so as thynketh me,)
Who doth to swych on, [[oon Tib., one St.]] reverence,
Requerynge [[Requyrynge Tib., requeryth St.]] hys benyvolence,
He ys (for short conclusïoun)
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A fool, in myn oppynyoun.
'And for to touchyn hym mor ner,
The samë syluë [[selffe same St., same silffe Tib.]] carpenter
Dyde a-forn hys bysy peyne
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To forge hym, wyth hys handys tweyne,
And make hym ffyrst off swych entaylle,
And wot he may nothyng avaylle
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To helpe hym, whan that [[that om. St., whanne Tib.]] al ys do.
They ben A-coursyd, bothë two: [¶ Sapientie 14o. (8)]
And thys the cause (wyth-outë more) [¶ Idolum maledictum [est] et qui fecit illud. Tib.]]
ffyrst why that I lowh so sore.'
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The Pylgryme: [[Tib., Pilgrim St., om. C.]]
Yet nat-wyth-stondyng, off entente,
To the cherl [[Churle Tib.]] A-noon I wente,
Bad hym a-ryse, and that a-noon,
And that he sholdë thenys gon,
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And leue hys fals oppynyoun,
Go take [[Tib., St., (C. burnt)]] hys skryppe and hys bordoun, [folio 271b]
And, off hertë ful mekly, [[Tib., St., (C. burnt)]]
Gon and crye the kyng, mercy
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Off the gylt and the trespáce
