Ther wer castellys, and ek tours,
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Wonder dyvers mansïouns, [Tib folio 81b]
And sondry habytacïouns,
(By resemblaunce and semyng,)
Lych the loggyng off A Kyng:
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And as I took good hed ther-at, [Stowe folio 348b]
Al my sorwes I for-gaat; [[Blank in MS. for an Illumination.]]
Namly, syttyng on A roche, [Arystoteles (later)]
Whan I sawh the shyp aproche
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Toward the Ile war [[where Tib., wher St.]] I abood,
Wych dydë to me ful gret good;
Namly, whan yt kam so faste,
And began ther, Anker caste.
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Out off wych ther ys descendyd,
On, that myhte nat ben amendyd,
I mene, the lady off most vertu,
Wych was callyd Gracë Dieu. [folio 283b] [[Blank in MS. for an Illumination, given in Tib., of Grace Dieu, come out of the Ship (from which the Dove has gone) on to the Island, and the Pilgrim kneeling to her. A second Illumination of like kind is on the top of leaf 82.]]
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And ffyrst, whan that I dyde hyr se,
I ffyl a-doun vp-on my kne,
Prayede [[I prayed Tib.]] hyr helpen in thys nede,
To me that stood in so gret drede,
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Out off thys Ile, only by grace,
To helpyn that I myhtë pace.
[Grace Dieu]:
'What ys al thys?' A-noon quod she; [Tib folio 82a]
'Whens komestow? wher hastow be?
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fful longe (as thow shalt vnderstond)
I ha thè souht, On se and lond,
God woot, in ful good entent;
And yt wer mor convenyent
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That thow sholdest, affter me
Ha souht, wher that I haddë be.
But tel me, or thow go asyde,
Castestow, [[C., Tib., cast towe St.]] her for tabyde,
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