'That deyed ffor oure alder goode;
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Off whom the theeff fful humbely
Axed off that lord mercy;
The samë tyme, ffor his socoure,
I [[I St., And Tib.]] wente afforne enbassatoure,
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And trewëly dyde his message,
And madë [[To make St.]] redy his passage,
That he myght resseyued be
In Paradys, that ffayre contre.
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ANd semblabely, as by my reed,
By this exaumple take good heed,
That thow bé not putte in blame,
Thy-silffë, ffor to do thé schame.
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Thow haste as greet neede, at a preeff, [[? meeff Tib.]]
I [[in St.]] sothe, as haddë the seyde theeff.
And, to ffurther thy vyage,
I wole my silffe don thi message.'
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¶ The Pylgryme:
ANd thanne anoon, with humble cheere
I thankyd tho vnto Preyere,
And seyde, "my causë to amende,
That to-fforne I wolde hir sende,
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ffor my reffute and my socoure,
ffor to ben my procuratoure."
Anoon affter, in certeyne,
Whanne I hadde the placë seyne, [Stowe folio 360a]
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And, by cleer inspeccyoun,
Made my vysitacyoun,
ANd in my way as I gan go,
Within the placë to and ffro, [Tib folio 104b] [[St. & Tib.]]
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Of aventurë me by-fforn, [[St. & Tib.]]
I sawgh one that blewe an horn, [[St. & Tib.]]
And made a noysë wonder lowde. [[St. & Tib.]]
And (as I espyen koude) [[St. & Tib.]]
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In organys and in sawtrye [[St. & Tib.]]
She made a wonder melodye. [[St. & Tib.]] [[Illumination: the Pilgrim, with a Woman at an Organ, blowing a cow's horn; beyond, a table with a Harp on it. One large and five small windows in the room.]]
