out of thilkë holy boundes.
and Scilla folowed with hir hounds,
gan at them sore enchace;
and Envy, thrughe all the place,
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with hir doughters (out of doute,)
gan to seke me round about.
they were conspiryd allë [[all St.]] thre
playnly to devoure me,
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only by conspiracïon
of envie and detraccïon.
their felowship I forsoke;
and anon an horse I toke,
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for to flyen, with all my myght,
to escape out of hir syght.
and truly, for no maner rape,
theyr treynës [[treyns St.]] I myght not eskape.
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quod Scilla then, (of gret despyt,)
'he wenythe for to have respit,
and by his horse to bene socowryd,
that he shall nat ben devowryd
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of vs by persecutïon.'
'ye, for áll that,' quod Treason,
'as it is [vn]to vs dwe,
aftar hym we shall pursue.
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what maner of horsse myght he have, [Stowe folio 361b]
that from owr daunger shuld hym save?'
Scilla:
quod Scilla, 'I shall well telle,
yf ye lyst a whilë dwelle:
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this horse is cawlyd 'Good Renowne,'
whiche hathe (in conclusyon)
fowr fette hym to susteyne;
and ellës [[ells St.]] (without eny wene)
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he shuld (to his confusïon,)
at myscheffe halten even a-downe,
with thre, tweynë, or with one,
vpryght he shuld nevar gon,
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but stomble aye, and gon a-myse.
'the firstë [[first St.]] fote of his horse is,
that he have no condicïon
