PASSUS XV (PROLOGUE TO DO-BET).
[TITLE. So in W; Passus xiiijus de visione, vt supra R; Passus xvus. Explicit de do-wel, & Incipit primus de do-bet C; Passus xvus de dowel. Et incipit primus de dobet B; Passus quintodecimus O.] Passus xv us : finit dowel, & incipit dobet.
Ac after my wakyng · it was wonder longe, [Ac] As B; An C. wakyng] walkynge RB. wonder] C om.]
Ar I couth kyndely · knowe what was dowel. [couth] koude WC; coude RB.]
And so my witte wex and wanyed · til I a fole were, [a] B om.]
And somme lakked my lyf · allowed it fewe,
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And leten [me] for a lorel · and loth to reuerencen [[me WRB] LCO om.]
Lordes or ladyes · or any lyf elles,
As persones in pellure · with pendauntes of syluer; [with] and with COB.]
To seriauntz ne to suche · seyde nouȝte ones, [ne] and R. seyde] and seide R; seide I W.]
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'God loke ȝow, lordes!' · ne louted faire;
Þat folke helden me a fole · and in þat folye I raued, [me] C om.]
Tyl resoun hadde reuthe on me · and rokked me aslepe,
Tyl I seigh, as it sorcerye were · a sotyl þinge with-al, [it] it of R. a] & O.]
One with-outen tonge and teeth · tolde me whyder I shulde, [whyder] wonder R.]
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And wher-of I cam and of what kynde; · I conjured hym atte laste, [of] COB om. of—kynde] whider I schulde R.]
