Keep sum til soper tyme · And [sit] þou not to Longe, [Keep] And kep THU. sum] som-what U. [sit TU] V and H have faste, which is clearly wrong. þou] THU om. to] U om.]
A-Rys vp ar appetyt · habbe I-ȝeten his Fulle. [vp] U om. habbe I-ȝeten] haþ eten T; haue eten HU. Fulle] fille THU.]
¶ Let not sir Surfet · sitten at þi Bord;
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Loue him not, for he is a lechour · and likerous of Tonge, [Loue] Leue TU.]
And aftur mony Metes · his Mawe is a-longet. [mony] many maner of T; many maner U. a-longet] alongid TU is a-longet] H om.]
And ȝif þou diȝete þe þus · I dar legge boþe myn Eres, [diȝete] diete U; vsest H. legge—Eres] ley myn armes T; leye my lyf H; leyn myn eres U.]
Þat Fisyk schal his Forred hod · for his [foode] sulle, [[foode THU] V has lyflode, which spoils the metre; see l. 259.]
And eke his cloke of Calabre · with knappes of Gold, [his—of] his cloke wiþ T; his clokis of H; þe clokis of U. with knappes] & þe knoppis TU; & his coppis H.]
And beo Fayn, be my Feiþ · his Fisyk to lete, [U om. Fayn—my] ful fayn in H.]
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And leorne to labre wiþ lond · leste lyflode Faile; [lond] hondes U. lyflode] liflode hym TU; his lyuelode H.]
Þer beoþ mo lyȝers þen leches · vr lord hem amende! [beoþ—lyȝers] arn mo liȝeris TU; ne beþ non more losels H. vr lord] oure lord H; lord T; god U.]
Þei don men dyȝen þoruȝ heor drinke · er destenye wolde." [þoruȝ] with U. drinke] drynkes T. wolde] it wolde TU.]
"BI seint Poul!" quod pers · "þeos beoþ prophitable wordes! [Poul] pernel TH. pers] perkyn U. beoþ] arn TU.]
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Þis is a loueli lesson · vr lord hit þe for-ȝelde! [vr lord] lord T; crist U. hit] H om.]
Wend nou whon þi wille is · Wel þe beo for euere!" [nou] H om. wel—beo] þat wel be þou T; þat wel be þe U. for] THU om.]
"I beo-hote þe," quod hungur · "heonnes nul I wende [beo-hote] hote U. þe] god T.]
Er I haue I-dynet bi þis day · and I-dronke boþe."
¶ "I haue no peny," quod pers · "Poletes to bugge, [I haue] & y naue H. peny] penyes U. Poletes] pulettis T; pultys U. to] with to U.]
Nouþer gees ne grys · bote twey grene cheeses,
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And a fewe Cruddes and Craym · and a þerf Cake, [And] T om. a—Cake] non oþer cake T; an hauir cake U; two hauere cakis H.]
