Tyll wyser wittis · han waytid it ouere,
That it be lore laweffull · and lusty to here.
ffor witterly, my will is · þat it well liked
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Ȝou and all ȝouris · and yonge men leueste,
To be-nyme hem her noyes · þat neweth hem ofte.
ffor and þey mvse þeron · to þe myddwardis,
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They shall [fynde] ffele ffawtis · ffoure score and odde, [The word fynde has obviously been omitted here; it is not in the MS.]
That yough[th]e weneth alwey · þat it be witte euere.
And thouȝ þat elde opyn it · oþer-while amonge,
And poure on it preuyly · and preue it well after,
And constrewe ich clause · with þe culorum, [Cf. þe culorum of þis clause; A. 3. 264; C. 12. 248.]
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It shulde not apeire hem a peere · a prynce þouȝ he were,
Ne harme noþer hurte · þe hyghest of þe rewme,
But to holde him in hele · and helpe all his ffrendis. [folio 108b]
And if ony word write be · þat wrothe make myghte
My souereyne, þat suget · I shulde to be,
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I put me in his power · and preie him, of grace, [
Cf. Thenne knelede ich on my knees and criede hure of grace,
And preide hure pytously; C. 2. 76, 77.
] To take þe entent of my trouþe · þat thouȝte non ylle. ffor to wrath no wyght · be my wyll neuere, Line 80 As my soule be saff · ffrom synne at myn ende. Þe story is of non estate · þat stryuen with her lustus, But þo þat ffolwyn her fflessh · and here ffrelle þouȝtis; So if my conceyll be clere · I can saie no more, Line 84 But ho be greued in his gost · gouerne him better, And blame not þe berne · þat the book made, But þe wickyd will · and þe werkis after.
