'THat is thorough myne Impacyence,
And ffor lak off pacyence,
That makyth me in hertë swelle,
And, with greetë wyndës belle,
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That dothe my lyppës hyghë [[hygh Tib., high St.]] reyse,
Whiche, no man ne schuldë preyse;
ffor it makyth a démonstraunce
Off an apys contenaunce.
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'I love no maner besynesse,
But oonly slouthe and ydelnesse.
'Ryghtffully, thorough my dyssert, [[decert St.]]
I may ben callyd wel 'Povert.'
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Off good, I haue no maner thyng,
But as the [[a St.]] bycchë, ay groynyng,
Wel worsë sothely than I seme;
Off euery thyng, the worst I deme.'
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¶ The Pylgryme:
A Noon I laffte hir companye,
And gan me ffastë ffor to hye
To hir that, with hir lokës glade,
In [[In St., But in Tib.]] the dortoure beddës made;
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And curteysely I gan hir preye, [Tib folio 101b] [[St. & Tib.]]
To me sche wolde hir namë seye. [Stowe folio 358b]
¶ Dame [[Dame om. St.]] chastyte:
'I Am callyd by my name,
The ffeyre, with-outë [[out Tib., St.]] spotte or blame,
That may, in no place endure
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Where that ffylthe is, or ordure.
And of [[of St., om. Tib.]] ffolkës that me se,
I am [[They calle Tib.]] callyd Chastyte;
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Off thys castel, chasteleyne,
Whiche, day and nyght, I [[I om. St.]] do my peyne
ffor to kepen this castel
ffrom schotte off Gonne and of [[of St., om. Tib.]] quarel.
And therffore I am armed wel,
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Bette thanne in yren and [[Bet than yren outher St.]] steel;
Nyght and day is my laboure, [[St. & Tib.]]
For to dyffendë [[for to defenden St.]] euery toure,
Bothe [[St., Tib. blurd]] erly and also late,
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And on myne handys, I haue off plate, [[Illumination.]]
