"Loo, felow, chese y may
To ryde on palfray or on stede.
Shewe forth moche thonk, y the pray;
Loo, here y shewe sumwhat of mede."
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¶ 'Syre, y see thou hast richesse;
How thou hit get, whiche is thy fame,
In corage and prowesse,
After thy dede resceyue thy name,
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Other in worshipe, or in shame.
Men wol the deme after thy dede,
Thy fer trauayle, or cochour at hame.
How serued thou to haue that mede?'
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(4)
¶ "I plese my lord at bed and bord,
Þouȝ y do but strype a stre,
And florische fayre my lordis word,
And fede hem forth with nay and ȝee.
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Whan trauaylyng men fare euele on see,
In fight, in preson, in storme and drede,
With moche thonk than mery ȝe be,
And y wole make me mery with mede."
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(5)
¶ 'fflateryng is the fendis scoles.
Ȝoure awen werkys preueth ȝow nys.
Ȝe skorne lordes, and make hem ȝoure foles,
To playe and lawhe at ȝoure delys.
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Do for a lord; and he be wys,
Trewe trauayle shal not lese his dede.
To vertuous lord al worship lys.
The trewe seruant is worthy hys mede.'
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(6)
¶ "Say, felowe, what doth the greue
My glosyng, flateryng, play, and daunce?
Shulde my souerayn aske the leue,
Whom hym list to auaunce?
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