'alway, for retribucïoun,
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they caste her eyë for wynnyng,
and, ryght nought for ámendyng;
take (in their entencïouns,)
pans for [[and St.]] procuracïouns.
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ther entent, in no wyse, [[6-syllable line]]
ys sett on ryght nor on iustice.
'ek other handës, mo than thre,
han cast vs in gret pouerte.'
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[The Pilgrim:]
With that word, makyng no delay,
I took my leve and wente away. [[my way St.]] [Stowe folio 371b]
I hadde no leve, (shortly to telle,)
but shop me hom to my castel.
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And on my wayë, [[way C., St.]] me be-fel, [[No gap in either MS.]]
I mette an olde oon in that tyde, [folio 296b]
that to me kam on the left syde,
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Of whos look I was affrayed:
hir handës partid, and displayed
vpward to a castel wal,
resemblyng (as me thought in al)
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That hir entent was to ascende
vpon the wal, or to descende.
a blak Ravoun [[ravyn St.]] (it is no doute,)
took his flyght ful round aboute,
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Wher-so-euere that she went.
and I knewh nothyng what it ment; [[Blank in MS. for an Illumination.]]
But I caste, withynne a throwe,
playnly that I woldë [[wold C., would St.]] knowe,
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of al thys thyng som evidence;
and wente a-noon to hir presence.
and first of al, I gan enquere,
to telle me what she didë there;
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of name and of condicïoun
Make a declaracïoun.
Apostacye: [[St., om. C.]]
Quod she, 'yef thou konne espye,
I am called 'Apostacye,'
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