'Nowther oolde nor ȝonge off age
Schal have heere [[ther St.]] noon herbergage;
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ffor this staffe (ȝeue thow take heede)
With the greet parlom [[plomer St.]] of leed,
Is I-callyd (in substaunce)
'Off god almyghtty, the vengaunce;'
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And there-with-al, in cruel wyse,
Allë synners I chastyse.
'And with this ylkë sturdy Maas,
I putte hem out a fful greet paas;
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ffor noon swyche (ȝeue thow lystë [[none . . lyst St.]] lere,)
Ben hardy to entre here.'
¶ The Pylgryme:
"Syre, [[Syre, om. St.]] I praye the, oonly off [[that of St.]] grace,
I may entren in this place;
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ffor myne entente and my menynge
Is to do servyse to the kyng."
¶ The Porter answerith:
'ȜEue I knewe that it [[it St., om. Tib.]] were so,
With-outen many wordës mo
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Thow scholdeste hauë graunte off me,
To entren at good lyberte.'
¶ The Pylgryme:
"IN other wysë neuere a del
Wole I not entren in [[in om. St.]] this castel, [Tib folio 90a]
But ffor to do the kyng servyse."
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And thannë, in fful goodly wyse,
I was leten in off the porter: [Stowe folio 353a]
Hym lyste to makë no daunger.
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¶ Aboute I wentë, byholdynge
Vp-on many a rychë thynge;
I sawe A cloystre and A dortour,
A chapytlehous [[chapytle hous St.]] and A ffreytour;
And there-with-al, a ffayre Hostrye,
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And a largë ffermerye;
And, off God, thanke to dysserve,
ffayrë meynë I sawgh there serve.
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And, I supposë ffor my beste,
There to herborewe and to reste,
On ther cam, and preyed me,
