PASSUS IV.
[TITLE. vt supra] petri plowman, vt supra R; CB om.] Passus quartus de visione, vt supra.
"Cesseth," seith þe kynge · "I suffre ȝow no lengere. [A page 43] [folio 14b] [Cesseth] Cesses C.]
Ȝe shal sauȝtne for sothe · and serue me bothe. [sauȝtne] sauȝtle OB.]
Kisse hir," quod þe kynge · "conscience, I hote." [hote] þe hote B.]
¶ "Nay, bi criste," quod conscience · "congeye me for euere! [for] er for W. for euere] rather COB.]
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But resoun rede me þer-to · rather wil I deye!"
¶ "And I comaunde þe," quod þe Kynge · to conscience þanne,
"Rape þe to ride · and resoun þow fecche;
Comaunde hym þat he come · my conseille to here.
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For he shal reule my rewme · and rede me þe beste,
And acounte with þe, conscience · so me cryst helpe,
How þow lernest þe peple · þe lered and þe lewede." [þe lered] lered R.]
¶ "I am fayne of þat forwarde" · seyde þe freke þanne,
And ritt riȝte to resoun · and rowneth in his ere, [ritt] ryt W; rit CO; ridiþ B.]
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And seide as þe kynge badde · and sithen toke his leue. [A page 44] [sithen] sithes R.]
¶ "I shal arraye me to ride, quod resoun · "reste þe a while"—
And called catoun his knaue · curteise of speche,
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And also tomme trewe-tonge- · telle-me-no-tales|
Ne-lesyng-to-lawȝe-of · for-I-loued-hem-neuere— [lawȝe] lauȝen W; laughe C; lawe R; lauȝhe O; lauȝghe B. of] at O.]
