PASSUS IV.
[[Passus, &c.] THUD.] [Passus Quartus de Visione.]
"SEseþ," seide þe kyng · "I suffre ȝou no more. [suffre ȝou] ne mote ȝe H. more] lengere TUD.]
Ȝe schulle sauȝtene forsoþe · and serue me boþe. [Sauȝtene] sauȝte T; saghtlyn U; in H acoorde is written, as a gloss, above saȝtene; saghten D.]
Cusse hire," quaþ þe kyng · "Concience, Ich hote." [Cusse] Kisse TH; kys D.]
"Nay, be Crist," quod Concience · "Congeye me raþer! [Crist] god TUD. congeye] cunge TU; counge D.]
Bote Reson Rede me þer-to · Arst wol I dye!" [Rede] radde H; rewle D. arst] erst T; first U. arst—dye] leuer hadde I deyȝe H.]
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¶ "And I comaunde þe," quod þe kyng · to Concience þenne, [þenne] as swiþe H.]
"Þat þou Rape þe to ride · And Reson þou fette; [þat þou] TUD omit. and] H omits. þou] þat þou TD; þou me U; to H.]
Comaunde him þat he come · my Counseil to here.
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For he schal reule my Reame · and Rede me þe beste [me] me for H.]
Of Meede, and of oþer mo · and what mon schal hir wedde; [oþer mo] mo oþere TU. and what] what TUD. wedde] haue H.]
And A-Counte with Concience · (so me [Crist] helpe!) [a-counte] counte TUD. with] wiþ þee H. [Crist T] god VHUD.]
How þou ledest my peple · Lered and Lewed." [ledest my] lerist þe TD; lernest my H; rewliste þe U.]
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¶ "I am Fayn of þat foreward" · seide þe Freike þenne, [seide] quod H. Freike] frek TH; freek U; frayk D.]
And Rod riht to [Reson] · and Rouned in his Ere, [Rod riht] rideþ riȝt H; riȝt renneþ TUD. [Reson] So in THUD; V has Concience, which is clearly wrong. Rouned] rouniþ TH; rownes UD.]
