Ordre of knyȝt was mad to fyȝt, [nota Milicia &c.]
In goddis riȝt, to ende þe dede.
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(Part II. 19)
¶ Ordre of knyȝt hardest is
On see, on lond, on sholde, and depe;
He passeþ relegous ywis,
Þouȝ þey preye and faste wepe.
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Ofte wiþ ful wombe relegous slepe,
Whan knyȝtes han hunger, and moche in drede.
Þe beter in clene lyf þey auȝt hem kepe,
As goddis knyȝt to don here dede.
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(Part II. 20)
¶ On of two, ȝe mot chese:
On lond or see or shippes bord,
Wiþ fiȝt ȝe wynne, wiþ trete ȝe lese.
Ȝoure enemys han þat eure in hord,
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Þat þey wynne wiþ word
Ȝoure townes and castels in lengþe and brede;
And þat ȝe wynne, ȝe wynne wiþ sword.
Þerfore wiþ swerd do ȝoure dede.
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(Part II. 21)
¶ God ȝeue ȝow grace þis reme to ȝeme,
To cherische þe goode, and chastyse þe nys.
And also serue god to queme,
Þat ȝoure werkis preue ȝow wys.
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And in ȝow þe helpe it lys,
Þe puple in goddis lawe to hede.
Do so now, ȝe wynne ȝow prys
And heuene blisse for ȝoure dede. Amen! [Amen is struck through in red ink; but whether it is meant to be erased or not, is doubtful.]
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XIV. Man, be warre er the be woo. [[Early in 1418.]]
[Digby 102, leaf 113.] [14 stanzas of 8, abab, bcbc.]
(1)
The herrere degre, þe more wys;
Þe gretter worschip, þe noblere fame;
