'Bothe by day and eke by nyght,
As they are bounden, off dewe ryght,
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To ther sowlis to don socowre,
And afftirward to the dortoure.'
[The Pilgrim]:
I Wotë not wel what it mente,
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I sawgh how tweynë [[twyne St., two Tib.]] ladyes wente:
The on [[tone St.]] off hem, (as I was war,)
In hir hand, a staff sche bar;
The tother, save a gambesoun,
Was nakyd (in myne inspeccyoun).
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And sche that bare the staff, anon
ffro bed to bed sche is agon
Thorowgh-out the dortour (by and by),
And made the beddës fful clenly;
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And with clothis cleene and white
Sche spradde hem ouer, by delyte,
That no thyng ne lay a [[a St., om. Tib.]] wronge. [Tib folio 99a]
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Sche that was nakyd, gan a songe, [[Illumination.]]
WHiche (to putte in rémembraunce) [Stowe folio 357b]
Was pleynely this, as in substaunce:
¶ The ffyrste verse off the song:
'I Schal synge, with al my myght,
And so I howe, [[owe, ought: have St.]] off verrey ryght.
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I am nakyd, as ȝe may se;
By no thyng men may holden me;
Thowgh they me púrsue, day and nyght,
To hold[ë] me they have no myght. [The 2nd and 3rd verses have only 5 lines each; the first ought to have the same; but as Stowe's 6th line stops the line|numbering getting uneven, I put it in.] [[St., om. Tib.]]
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¶ The secunde verse:
'A Smalë posterne I may pace,
And, thorough thykke and thynnë trace;
ffor, thow that ffolkës dyde her peyne,
They may off me no thyng restreyne,
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Affter, euere thow [[thoghe St.]] they chace.
¶ The thryde verse:
'I Am 'Wylleffull Pouerte;'
And, off myne ownë volunte, [Tib folio 99b]
