'Wher thow hys treynës kanst [[C., Tib., canst his trayns St.]] eskape.'
¶ The Pylgryme: [[Tib., Pilgrim St., om. C.]]
"Wyth-Outë long processe to make,
Hys tour and hym, her I forsake;
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And, (shortëly [[schortely Tib., shortly C., St.]] to specefye,)
Swychë pleyës I defye,
Wych bryng a man in sorwe and shame.
But yiff that any other game [Tib folio 79b]
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Thow kanst, I wyl abyde and se
The maner, how yt lyketh me."
And thys menstral than a-noon
Maade hys ffythele [[ffedle Tib.]] for to gon,
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And song wyth-al fful lustyly.
And wyth hys syngyng, sodeynly
To me he gan to [[to om. Tib.]] tourne hys tayl;
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And wyth hys pawnys, [[C., St., pawmes Tib.]] sharp as A nayl, [Stowe folio 347b]
By the Arm he gan me streyne:
Mawgre my myght and al my peyne,
Horrybely [[Horybely Tib., Horrybly C., horyble St.]] he castë me
Amyddës off the gretë se, [[An Illumination follows in Tib., of the Pilgrim thrown off his Island into the sea; the Bird|Merman playing his own fiddle, and Youth (with wings) embracing him.]
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Among the wawës, ffer be southe.
And naddë ben [[ne had be St.]] that tymë, Youthe,
(Off wych I thouhtë no thyng tho,
ffor she was ffled, off yore ago,)
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I suppose that I hadde be
Perysshed Amyddys off the se.
But Youthë than, in hyr Retour,
Was to myn helpë gret socour;
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ffor Youthë, in the samë place,
The Merëmayden gan enbrace,
That redy was, off cruelte, [Tib folio 80a]
Thylke tymë to ha stranglyd me,
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And don to me gret vyolence.
But, for Ioye off the presence
Off thys Youthe that I off spak, [folio 282a]
I eskapede from hyr wrak,
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