'In swyche a vessel, euery coost,
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I bere it that they [[it St.:? 2 Testaments, p.596.]] be not lost.
Therto I do my dylygence,
To kepe it ffrom alle vyolence;
ffor it may not (as thow doste [[mayst St.]] se,)
In noon other vessel be,
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To kepe it in savacyoun;
And my name is eke 'Lessown,'
And 'Studye,' amonge these clerkës alle,
Whiche off bothe, thow lyste me calle.
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'And ffirstë, ȝeue thow haue plesaunce,
With me to hauen áqueyntaunce,
Thow schalt aqueyntyd ben anoon
With these ladyes euerychon,
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Verreyly at thyne ownë lyst:
In my byheste haue ffully tryst,
ffor gracë off the hooly goost
Schal ffolewe the in euery coost,
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Ryght as this whytë dowuë doth, [Stowe folio 356b]
Ay sueth me, and that is soth,
Whiche schal the teche and tellen al
The secreës celestyal.
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ffor, sche is off hevene (ffer and ner)
The verrey trewë messager.
Erly at morewe, and at eve
Estudyantys [[estudiauncys St.]] sche kan releve,
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To ȝeue hem her reffeccyoun
By myne ad-mynystracyoun.' [[admyn . . St., and min . . Tib.]]
Other two ladyes I sawe also; [Tib folio 97a]
To the chapitre that wentë tho;
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The ton off hem, bar in hir hondis,
Cordës and eke strongë bondis; [[Illumination.]]
THe thother (in the samë while)
In hir mouthe sche bare a ffyle
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Endentyd; the teth there-off were large;
And on hir breste, a fful brood targe.
¶ The Pylgryme:
ANd or they ffurther myghtë [[myght Tib., St.]] goon,
I requyred hem anoon,
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Te telle më (by good avys,)
