'Or to restyn any whyle
Wyth-Inne thys dredful peryllous yle?'
Pilgrim: [[St., om. C.]] [folio 284a]
"Certys, I stoonde in gretë [[gret C., St., greet Tib.]] where
Off that I am aryved here;
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I whot [[woot Tib., wot St.]] nat be what áventure.
And trewëly [[trewely Tib., trewly C., truly St.]] I yow ensure,
Tabyden her ys no plesaunce,
But a-nooy, and gret grevaunce;
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And fayn I wolde (wyth al my myght)
Kome to the weyë that goth ryht;
And, Out off thys Ilë go, [Tib folio 82b]
So fful off sorwen [[sorow St.]] and off wo."
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¶ Grace Dieu: [[Tib., St., in margin C.]]
'Thanne I castë, for thy sake,
In-to my shyp, thé for to take,
Only off mercy and pyte.
Entre in, and I shal lede the
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(Wyth-outen any mor delay,)
In-to A mor surer way:
That lynë ryht shal ledë the
To the place and the cyte
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Wych thow hast (with herte and thouht,)
Long tyme, as a pylgrym, souht. [Stowe folio 349a]
'In myd weye thow must abyde,
And nat tourne on nouther syde.
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And, redyly thy-sylff tavaunce,
Thow shalt fyndë dame Penaunce,
Whom thow lefftest folyly;
And therfor wentystow [[wenteste thow Tib., wenst tow St.]] wrongly:
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Wyth hyre thow woldest nat soiourne;
But thow shalt ageyn retourne
Toward the heggh [[hegg Tib., heyghe St.]] off hyr plauntyng,
And seyen [[seye Tib., seyn C.]] to hyre thy felyng.'
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¶ The Pylgrym: [[Pilgrim Tib., St., om. C.]]
"Ma dame," quod I, "that ys my wyl;
ffor (off resoun and off skyl)
Ech pylgrym sholdë (what he may,)
Desyre to gon the shortest way; [folio 284b]
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Yt wer goodly to do so.
