'A ffamous pereyl off the se,
In wych (wyth-outen any grace) [Tib folio 69b]
Allë [[Alle Tib., Al C., All St.]] ffolk that forby pace,
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And allë tho that thorgh me gon,
I make hem perysshen, [[peryshe St.]] euerychon.
'And also ek touchyng my name,
I am callyd (by gret dyffame,
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As som [[som C., Tib., some St.]] ffolkys specefye,)
'Sortylege [[Cortylage Tib.]] or Sorcerye.'
Many folkys thus me calle;
And yet they hatë me nat [[not at St., nat C., not Tib.]] alle;
I am be-lovyd, bothe ffer and ner.
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'And I ber ek in thys paner
(Who that with-Innë lyst to seke)
Many knyves and hoodys ek,
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Dyvers wrytës and ymáges,
Oynementys and herbáges,
Gadryd in constellacïouns;
ffor I obseruë my sesouns,
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and make off hem elleccyoun [folio 273b] [[Tib.]]
afftir myne oppynyoun. [[Tib.]]
And 'Maleffycë', folkes [[Malyfite folks St.]] alle, [[Tib.]]
Off ryght, they shuldë me so calle. [[Tib.]]
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I have ful many evel vságes [[Tib. & C.]]
Off drynkës and off beveráges, [[Tib. & C.]]
Wherby I makë (her and yonder,)
ffrendys for to parte assonder;
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ffor, with fals coniurysouns [[C. & Tib., coniurations St.]]
And with myn incantacïouns,
And many dyuers enchauntëment,
Sondry folk ben offtë shent.
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And, with dyuers crafftys ek,
I kan makë men ful sek;
And somme also ful cursydly
ffor to deyë sodeynly.
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'And, in lordys ek preséncys, [Stowe folio 242a]
I kan make ek [[eke make Tib.]] apparéncys
Whan that me lyst, ful many On, [Tib folio 70a]
Yiff I sholde telle hem euerychon.'
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¶ The Pylgryme: [[Pilgrim Tib., St., om. C.]]
