WHom I by-sought, off hardynesse,
To me, that sche wolde expresse,
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(Off hir grace, in goodly wyse,)
Her office, and her servyse.
¶ Latrya: [[…, the state of a hired workman.]]
'Off this placë, ffolkes alle,
'Latrya' [[Lat-er-ïa]] they me calle.
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Myne offyce is moste in wakynge,
To kepe the gate aboute the kynge.
I wacchë thereon, day and nyght,
Do my fforse, [[servys St.]] and eke my myght,
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ffor to lyne [[ly St.]] aye in awayt,
That there be ffounden no dysceyt.
Nowther behynde nor beforn; [Tib folio 105a] [[Tib. & St.]]
ffor thanne anoon I blowe myn horn. [[Tib. & St.]]
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'Who lythe to longe, I make hym ryse;
Slogardes allë, I [[all I do St.]] chastise,
And to slouthe I do greet sorewe;
ffor, bothe at eeue and eke at morew,
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I kepe the howrës off rysynge,
To do worschipe vnto [[vnto St., to Tib.]] the kynge.
Allë ffolkës vp I calle,
That no slomber on hem ffalle.
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'Myne horne is Invocacyoun
Off Deus in adiutorium:
I blowe myn horn toward mydnyght,
To reyse vp ffolkës anoon ryght;
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I suffre hem not, off sleep to deye.
Myne orgones, I tempre ffor to pleye,
And vp-on hem I make a sown
With-outen Intermyssyown. [sine intermissione orare. St. om. Tib.]
'And trewely, alle my melodye
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Is in songe off Persalmodye. [[and psalmody St.]]
And, devoutely, in myne ententis,
I callë so myne Instrumentis;
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ffor thylkë kyng that is most stronge,
Moste hym delytyth in swyche songe;
To hym it [[it om. St.]] is moste pertynente,
Whanne it is songe off good entente,
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In clennesse and in purete.'
