'as ye dyd, when ye began,
and bettar, yf ye bettar can;
for the kynge (as ye shall se)
will on your foon avengid be:
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to yow I ha no more to say.'
than the messengar went his way,
and thes ladys, by good advyse,
full truly dyd theyr offyse,
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evereche, lyke to ther degre,
voyde of all contrariouste;
and (shortly for to devyse)
wher that truthë and iustice
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be truly kept in any place,
I dare sayne ther abydythe grace;
And where the gatë is kept well,
of palays, maner, or castell,
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that vycis may ha none entrie,
that place stant in suërte,
and eche thynge tournethe for the best;
for, ther is peace, and ther is rest,
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and evar gladly, to theyr forthynge,
ther abyte the ryghtffull kynge;
and ther is suraunce & eke trust.
and afftar this, I had a lust,
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cawght in my-selfe a great corage,
for to holden my passage,
and greatly gan my selffe delyght,
dyvers castells to vysyte,
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for to consythar the maner
of euery maner offycer,
How euerych dede in his degre. [[MS. Cott. Vitell. C. xiii, [folio 287a] , begins again.]]
and it is good, a man to se
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many thyngës, and to here,
for therby a man may lere [[C. & St.]] [Stowe folio 365a]
ful moche thynge outward by syght, [[C. & St.]]
and take example to done right. [[C. & St.]]
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And whan I hadde ther-to lycence [[lycens St.]]
I wente and dede my diligence [[dylygens St.]]
to visiten, and to se
ful [[ful om. St.]] many wonderful countre.
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