and sayde multi multa sciunt & se ipsos nesciunt : //

tho wept I for whoo & wrathe off hyr speche

& In a vyndyng wrathe wexe I a-slepe

a meruelio{u}vse swe{u}vene mett me then

that I was ra{u}vysshed ryght there & fort{u}vne me fette

& In-to þe londe off longyng alone she me broght

& In a myrro{u}vr þat hyght mydleyerthe she made me beholde

sythen she sayde to me here meysthowe þou / meysthowe see wondres

& knowe þat þou co{u}veytyst & come þerto pera{u}vent{u}vre

then had fort{u}vne folowyng too fayre doghters

concupiscencia carnis men called the elder meyde

& co{u}vetyse off heyghtesLG called was the other

pryde off perfytt ly{u}vyng p{u}vrsued theym bothe

& bad me for my co{u}vntenance acoumpte clergy lyght

conpuciscentia / con[c]u[p]iscentia carnis colled me abowte þe necke

& seyde þou arte yong & hast yeres I-nowe

for to ly{u}ve long & ladyes to lo{u}ve

& yn þe myrro{u}vr þou myghtest se myrthes f{u}vlmany / f{u}vl many

that leyde þe w{o}yleP to lykyng all þi lyffe-tyme

þe second sayde þe same {leue}I shall shewT þi wyll

tyll þou be a {borde}lorde & ha{u}ve lande lett þe I nyll

but I shall folowe þi felowshyppe yff {fortuene} fort{u}vne ytt lyke

he shall fynd me hys frende quod fort{u}vne here-after

the freyke þat folowed my wyll fayled neuer blysse

then was þer on heghte elde / þat he{u}vy was off chere

man quod he Iff y mete wyth þe by mary off hey{u}ven

{&} þou shalt fynd fort{u}vne þe fayle att thye most nede

and concupiscentia carnis cleyne þe forsake

b{e}ytterly shalthowe blame bothe dayes & nyghtes

co{u}vetyse off heghtT þat euer þou ytt knewe

& pryde off perfytt ly{u}vyng to moche peryll þe bryng

ye recche þe neuer quod recchles & stoode In ragged clothes

folowe forthe þat fort{u}vne wyll þou hast farre to elde

a man may stowpe tyme ynoghe when he shall lose hys crowne

homo proponit quod a poett and plato he hyght

& deus disponit quod he lett god done hys wyll

yff trewthe wyll wyttnes ytt be well do fort{u}vne to folowe

concupiscencia carnis ne co{u}vetyse off heghtesT

shall not gre{u}ve þe greatly ne begyle þe wyth-owte þou wolte

ye fare well phyppe quod fa{u}vntelte & forthe gan me drawe

tyll concupiscencia carnis acorded all my workes

allas heyghe quod elde & holynes bothe

that wytt shall torne to wrecchednes for wyll to haue hys lykynge

co{u}vetyse off heyghtesT conforted me sone after

& fowlowed me fortye wynters or fyftye or more

þat off dowell ne do-better no deynte me thoght

I had no likyng ne no lust off þem ought to knowe

co{u}vetyse off heyghtesT came offter In my mynde

then dowell or dobetter amonge my dedes all

co{u}vetyse off heyghtesT P comforted me offte

and seyde ha{u}ve no conscyence how þou come to goode

go confesse þe to some frere & shewe hym þi synnes

for wyles fort{u}vne ys þi frende / freres wyll þe lo{u}ve

and fecche to þer fraternyte & for þe byseke

to theyre pryo{u}vr pro{u}vyncyall a pardon to ha{u}ve

& prey for the pole by pole yff þou be . peccuniosus .//

sed pecia peccuniaria non sufficit pro spiritualibus delictis.//

by wysshyng off þis wenche I wroght theyr wordes were sweete

tyll I forgate yought & then In-to elde

& then was fort{u}vne my foo for all hyr by{b}heste

& pouerte p{u}vrs{u}ved me and p{u}vtt me lowe

and I fo{u}vnde þe frere a-fearde & flytyng bothe

agayn our fyrste forwarde for I seyde I nolde

be b{u}vryed att theyre ho{u}vse but att my peryche churche

for I herde on{es}ce how conscyence ytt tolde

þat þer a man was crystened by kynd he sholdP be b{u}vryed

or where he were perysshen þer he sh{u}vldP be gra{u}ven

and for I seyde þus to freres / a fole þei me helden

& lo{u}ved me þe lesse for my loyall speche

& yet I cryed on my confessour þat he held hym-sel{u}ve so connyngC

by my faythe frere quod I / ye fare lyke thes wowers

that wedde no wydowes but to welde theyr goodes

ryght so by þe roode roght ye neuer

where my body were b{u}vryed soT ye hadde þe syl{u}ver

I ha{u}ve moche merueyle off you & so hathe manye other

wye your co{u}vent co{u}vetythe {not} to confesse & to b{u}vrye

rather þen to baptyze barnes / that beene katyk{u}vmynes

ba{b}ptyzyngC & b{u}vryeng bothe bene full nedefull

but moche more merytoryo{u}vse me thynkethe to baptyze

for a baptyzed man may as masters tellen

thr{u}vgh contrycyon come to hyghe hey{u}ven

sola contricio delet peccatum & cetera. //

but a barne wyth-oute baptyme may not be sa{u}ved

nisi quis renatus fuerit ex aqua & cetera . //

loke ye lettered men wether I lye or noght

and lealte loked on me & I lo{u}vred after

wherfore lo{u}vresthowe quod lealte & loked on me herde

yff I dorste a-monge men þes metteles a-wowe

ye by petur & by poule quod he & take bothe to wyttnes

non oderis fratres secrete in corde tuo sed publice argue illos . //

they wyll alegge also quod I & by þe gosspell pro{u}ve

nolite Iudicare quemquam & cetera //

& wheroff ser{u}vethe lawe quod lealte yff no lyfe vndertooke ytt

falsheyde & fayto{u}vrye for somewhatt þe apostell seyde

non oderis fratrem & yn þe sa{u}vter seyde dauyd þe prophete

existimasti inique quod ero tui similis et cetera //

ytt ys locutum / l[i]c[i]tum to lewde me / me[n] to segge the sothe

yff þem lykethe & lyst eche lawe ytt g{u}vntethe / g[ra]untetheP

except persones and prestes & prelates off holyechurche

ytt fallyth not to þis folke tales to tell

thogh the tale were trew / & ytt towchyd synne

thyng þat all þis worlde woote {arate deydly synne} wherfore sh{u}vldesthowe spare

and redyn yttT In retoryke to arate deydly synne

but be neuer-more þe f{u}vrste þe defa{u}vte to blame

thoghe þou se e{u}vell sey noght be sorye / ytt {e} {....}nere amendT

a thyng þat ys pry{u}vye p{u}vblyce ytt neuer

nether for lo{u}ve looue ytt not no lakke yt not for en{u}vye

parum lauda vitupera parcius & cetera //

he sayethe quod scrypt{u}vre tho & starte an heygh & preyched

but þe matter þat he me{u}ved yff lewde men ytt knewe

the lesse as I le{u}ve lo{u}ve ytt þei wolde

thys was theyre teyme & theyre texte I toke full good hede

multi to a mangerye / & to þe meyte were sompnede

and when þe poeple was come þe porter vpynned / v[n]pynnedP þe gate

and p{u}vlled ynne pauci pri{u}vyleche & leete þe remnant rome

all for tene off þat texte trembled myne herte

and yn a weyrye gan I wexe & wyth my-selfe dysp{u}vte

whether þei were chosen or noght on holy churche I thoghte

that vndrefonge me attthe / att the fo{u}vnte for on off goddes chosen

For cryste cleped vs all come yff we wolde

sarazenes & sysmatykes & so he dyd þe Iewes

O vos omnes scientes venite ad aquas et cetera //T

and bad theym sowke for synne sa{u}vely att hys brest

and drynke for bale bro{u}vke ytt wo-so myght

then may all crystyen men quod I cleame þer entre

by þe bloode he boght vs wyth / & thr{u}vgh baptyme after

qui credederit et baptisatus fuerit et cetera//

for thogh a crysten man co{u}veyte hys crystedome to renye

ryghfullyche to renye {n}C no reason ytt wolde

for may no ch{u}vrle chartare make / ne hys catell sell

wyth-owte ley{u}ve off hys lord / n{.}oP lawe wyll ytt gra{u}vnte

but he may renne In areragys & rome froT hys owne

and as a renyed kayteffe recheleslye a-bowte

but reason shall rekne wyth hym & cast hym yn arerage

and put theym after In pryson In p{u}vrgatorye to brenne

for hys arerage rewarde hym there to þe day off dome

but contrycyon wyll come & crye by hys ly{u}ve

mercy for hys myssdedes wyth mo{u}vthe or wyth herte

that ys quod scrypt{u}vre may no synne lette

mercy all to amend and mekenes folowe

for they beene as bookes abo{u}ve goddes workes

misericordia {domini} eius super omnia opera eius // P

ye bawe for bookes on was broken owte off hell

hyght troianus was a trew knyght toke wyttnes at the pope

how he was deyde & dampned to dwellen In payne

for on vncrystyen creato{u}vre clerkes woote þe sothe

that all the claregye vndre cryste myght hym cracche fro hell

but only lo{u}ve & loyalte & hys la{u}vfull domes

gregorye wyst thys well & wylnethe to my so{u}vle

sal{u}vatyon for sothe{les}nes þat he syeghe yn my workes

and after þat he wepte & wylned me were gra{u}vnted

grace wyth-owte beydeT byddyng hys bone was vndrefonge

& y sa{u}ved as ye may se wyth-owte syngyng off masses

by lo{u}ve & by lernyng & by ly{u}vyng In trewthe

broght me fro bytter payne þer no byddyng myght

low ye lordys watt loyalte dyd by an empero{u}vr off rome

þat was a vncrysten creat{u}vre as clerkes fynd In bokes

noght thrugh preyer off þe pope but for hys p{u}vre trewthe

was that sarzene sa{u}ved as gregory beyrythe wyttnes

well ought lordes þat lawes kepe thys lesson haue In mynde

and on troianus trewthe to thynke & to do {th}P trew to þe poeple

lawe wyth-owte lo{u}ve quod troianus ley ther a beane

or any scyence vndre sonne þe sey{u}ven artes & all

but þei be lerned for our lordes lo{u}ve lost ys all the tyme

for no ca{u}vse to cacche syl{u}ver ne to be called a master

but all for lo{u}ve off our lorde & better to lo{u}ve the poeple

for seynt Ihon sayde ytt & sothe are hys wordes

qui non diligit manet In morte et cetera . //

wo-so lo{u}vethe noght le{u}ve me he ly{u}vethe In dede dyenge

and þat all maner off men enmyes & frendes

le{u}ven there ether other and leynd hym att hys nede

wo-so leynethe noght he lo{u}veth noght god woote þe sothe

& comma{u}vndethe eche creat{u}vre to confyrme hym to lo{u}ve

and souereygnlyche poere poeple & theyre enmyes after

for theym that haten vs / ys our merytt to lo{u}ve

& poere poeple to pleasse þeir preyers may vs helpe

for our Ioy & our heale Iesu cryst off hey{u}ven

In a po{u}vere manes apparell p{u}vrsuede vs e{u}ver

& lokethe {v} on vs {wyth} ynP theyr kyknes / [l]yknes & þat wyth lo{u}vely chere

to knowe vs by our kynde herte & castyng off eyghe

wedre we lo{u}ve þe lordes here before þe lorde off hey{u}venP

& excytethe by the e{u}vangylye when we make feastes

we sholde not clepe our kynne þerto ne no kynne ryche

cum facitis conuiuia nolite inuitare amicos .//

but call þe carefull therto the croked & the {o} poere

for your frendes wyll feden you & fond you to q{u}vyte

your feastyng & your fayre gyftes ech frend q{u}vytethe otherT

but for þe pore I shall pay & p{u}vre well q{u}vyte theyr tra{u}vell

that gy{u}vethe þem meyte or money & lo{u}vethe þem for my sake

for þe best been some ryche & some beggers & pouere

for all we er crystes creat{u}vres & off hys cofers ryche

& bretheren as off bloode as well beggers as erles

for on cal{u}vere off crystes blode crystendome gan sprynge

and blodye bretheren we bycomeC off on bodye wonne

as quasi modo gen{e}iti . & gentyll men echoone

no begger ne boy amonge vs but yff synne ytt made

qui facit peccatum seruus est peccati & cetera

In þe old lawe as holy letter tellethe

mennes sonnes men called vs echone

off adamesP yssue & e{u}ve ay to god-man dyede

& after hys resurreccyon / redemptor / was hys name

& we hys brethren thr{u}vgh hym boght bothe ryche & poere

forthy lo{u}ve we as bretheren shall & eche man laghe on{er}P other

& yff eche man mey forbeyre amende þer ytt nedythe

& euery man helpe other for hence shall we all

alter alterius onera portate & cetera //

& be we noght vnkynd off our catell ne our connyng nether

for woote no man how ytt ys to be ynome fro bothe

forthy lak no lyfe other thoghe he more laten knowe

ne vndremyne noght fo{u}vle for {ytt} P ys no{t}n wyth-o{u}vte fa{u}vte

For what-euer clerkes carpe off crystendome or elles

cryste to a comen woman seyd In come at þe feaste

that fides sua sh{u}vlde sa{u}ven hyr & sal{u}venP of hyr synnes

then ys byle{u}ve a leall helpe abo{u}ve logyke & lawe

off logyk ne off lawe yn legenda sanctorum .//

ys lytle alowance made but byle{u}ve them helpe

for ytt ys ouerlong er logykP any leyssone assoyle

and lawe ys lothe to lo{u}ve but yff he lacche syl{u}ver

bothe logyk & lawe that lo{u}vethe noght to lye

I co{u}vnseyle all crysten men cle{u}ve noght þeron to sore

for some wordes I fynd wryten þat were off faythes teychyng

þat sa{u}ved synfull men as seynt Ihon beyrythe wyttnes

eadem mensura qua mensi fueretis remecietur vobis . //

forthy lere we þe lawe off lo{u}ve as our lorde taght

and as seynt gregory sayethe for manes so{u}vle helpe

melius est scrutari scelera nostra quam naturas rerum . //

why I meeue thys matter ys most for the po{u}vere

for In hys lycknes our lorde offt hathe beene knowe

wyttnes In þe pasque weeke when he yede to emaus

cleophas knewe hym noght þat he cryste were

for hys po{u}vre aparell as pylgrymes wedes

tyll he blysshed & brake þe breyd þat they eyten

so by thes wordes theLG wyst he was {I.} Iesus .

but by clothyng they knewe hym notheLG by carpyng off tong

& all was In ensample to vs synfull here

that we sholde be lowe & lo{u}velyche off speche

& apperell vs noght prowdly for pylgrymes are we all

and In apperell off a poere man & pylgrymes lycknes

many t{a}yme god hathe beene mett among nedy poeple

they neuer segh hym segge In þe secte off the ryche

seynte Ihon & other seyntes were seene In po{u}vere clothyng

& as poere pylgrymes preyed menes goodes

Iesus In a Iewes doghter a-lyght gentyll woman thogh she were

was a p{u}vre po{u}vere meyde & to a poere man wedded

martha on mary magdelyneP an h{u}vge pleynte she made

and to our sa{u}vyo{u}vr hym-sel{u}ve sayd thes wordes

domine non est tibi cure quod soror mea reliquit me solamT . //

and hastylyche god answered & ethers wyll folowed

bothe in matha / ma[r]tha & In marye as mathew beyrethe wyttnes

but pouerte god p{u}vtt before & preysed ytt þe bettre

maria optimam partem elegit que non auferetur ab ea //

&T all þe wyse þat euer were by ought I can aspye

preysen pouerte for best lyffe yff pacyence folowe

& bothe better & blysseder by manyfolde þen ryches

& thogh ytt be so{u}vre to suffer there commethe swete after

as an walnote wythoute ys a bytter barke

and after þat bytter barke be þe shell a-way

ys a kernell off conforte kynd to restore

so ys after pouerte or pennance pacyentlyche taken

for ytt makethe man to haue mynd In god a greate whyle

to wepe {& to}P and to well bydde wheroff wexethe mercye

off wyche cryste ys a kernell to conforte þe so{u}vle

& well sykerer he slepethe þe man þat ys poere

& lesse he dredethe dethe and yn derke to be robbed

then he þat ys ryght ryche reason beyrethe wyttnes

pauper ego ludo dum tu diues meditaris .//

all-thogh salomon sayde as folke seyne In þe byble

diuitias nec paupertates & cetera //

wyser þen salomon was beyren wyttnes & taght

that perfytt pouerte was no possessyon to haue

& lyffe most lykyng to god as {ly} l{u}vke beyrethe wyttnes

si vis perfectus esse vade et vende & cetera //

and ys to meane to men þat on thys mold ly{u}ven

wo-so wyll be p{u}vre parfett moote possessyon forsake

or sell ytt as seyethe þe boke and the syl{u}ver deale

to beggers þat goone & begge & bydde for godes lo{u}ve

for fayled neuer man meyte þat myghtfull god ser{u}ved

as dauyd sayethe In þe sa{u}vter to s{u}oyche as been In wyll

to ser{u}ve god godelyche ne gre{u}vethe hym no pennance

nichil impossibile volenti et cetera

ne lakkethe neuer ly{u}velode lynnen ne wollen

Inquirentes autem dominum non minuenturP omni bono .//

yff prestes were perfytt they wold no syleuer take

for masses ne for matyns noght þe mete off vs{u}vrers

ne neyther kyrtell ne cote thoghe þei for colde shold dye

and þei þer de{u}voyer dyd as dauyd sayeth yn þe sa{u}vter

Iudica me deus et discerne causam meam & cetera spera in deo et ceteraC

spekethe off prestes þat haue no spendyng syl{u}ver

that yff þei tra{u}veyle tre{u}vlyche & tr{u}vst In god almyghtye

them shall lacke no ly{u}velode neyther wollen ne lynnen

& þe tytle þei take ordre by tellethe ye been a{u}vauncede

then nedethe not you take syl{u}ver for masses þat ye syng

for he þat toke you your tytle shall take you your wages

off þe bysshope þat blysshethe you yff that ye be worthye

for made neuer kyng no knyght but he had cattell to spend

as byfell for a knyght or fond hym for hys strenght

ytt ys a carefull knyght & off kaytyffe kynges makyng

þat hathe no land ne lynage ryche ne good loos off hys handes

the same I sey forsothe by all s{u}oyche prestes

that haue nether connyng ne kynne but a crowne onne

and a tytle a tale off noght to hys ly{u}velode at mysscheffe

he hathe more byleue as I le{u}ve to lacche thr{u}vgh hys cro{u}vne

c{u}vre þen for connyng or knowyng or cleane off beyryng

I haue wondre þat whye & wherfore þe bysshope

makethe s{u}oyche prestes þat lewde men betreyen

a chartre ys chalengeable afore a cheffe I{u}vstece

yff fal{s}ceP latyn be In þat lettre þe lawe ytt ymp{u}vgnethe

or peynted parentrelynarye percelles ouer-skypped

the gome þat glosethe so charters for a gokye {h}ys holden

so ys ytt a goky by god / þat In þe gospell faylethe

or In masse or matyns makethe any defa{u}vte

qui offendit In vno In omnibus est reus . et cetera . //

and also In þe sawter sayethe dauyd to ouerskyppers

psallite deo nostro psallite quoniam rex terre deus israel psallite sapienter

the bysshoppe shalbe / shal be blamed a-fore god as I le{u}ve

that crouned s{u}oyche goddes knyghtesP that kannethe nat wysely

syng ne psalmes rede ne segge a mas off þe day

but neuer nether ys blameles þe bysshoppe nethe / ne the chapeleyne

for euere eyther ys Indyted & þat off /ignorantia .//

non episcopos excusat nec ydyotes prestes

thys lokyng off lewde prestes hathe done me leype fro pouerte

wyche I preysse theyre pacyence ys more perfytt þen ryches

& butT moche more In metyng þus wyth me gan on dyssp{u}vte

& slepyng I seghe all þis & sythen came kynde

and neue{n}ved / neue[n]ed me by name & bad me nymen heede

and thr{u}vghe þe wo{u}vnders off thys worlde wytt for to take

& on a montagne þat mydleyerthe hyghe as me tho thoght

I was fet forthe by ensamples to knowe

thr{u}vghe eche a creat{u}vre & kynde my creato{u}vr to lo{u}vye

I sehe þe sonne & þe see and þe sond after

& where þat bryddes & bestes by þer makes yedene

wylde wormes in woddes wonderfowle fowles

wyth flecked fethers and off fellLX colo{u}vrs

man & hys make I myght bothe beholde

pouerte & plente bothe peasse & warre

blysse & bale bothe I seghe att on{es}ce

and how men toke mede & mercy ref{u}vsed

reason I seghe sothely sewen all bestes

In eytyng & drynkyng In engenderyng off kynd

and after co{u}vr{s}ce off conceptyon non toke kepe off other

and when þei had rydyen In rotye-tyme anon ryght þer-after

males drewen þem to males {o}In mo{u}vrnes by þem-sel{u}ve

and In e{u}venynges also / þe males fro females

þer was kow {þ} ne kow-kynd þat concey{u}ved had

þat wold belwe after b{u}vlles ne boore after sowe

bothe hors & ho{u}vndes & all other bestes

medeled not wyth þer makes þat wyth foole were

bryddes I behelde þat In b{u}vskes made nestes

had neuer wye wytt to worche the leaste

I had wondre att whome & where þe pye lerned

to legge þe stykkes In wyche he lyethe & bredethe

þer nys wryght as I wene sholde worche hyr nest to paye

yff any mason made a mold þerto moche wondre ytt were

& yet me merveled more off many other bryddes

hydden & hylleden theyr egges full derne

In marres & moores þat men shold þem not fynde

& hydden þer egges when þei þer-fro wente

for fere off other fowles & for wylde beestes

& some tradden þer makes & on trees bredenT

& broght forthe þer bryddes so all abo{u}ve þe gro{u}vnde

& some bryddes at the byll thr{u}vghe breythyng concey{u}ved

& some kakeled I toke kepe howe peykokes bredenT

moche merueled me what mastre they had

& wo taght þem on trees to tymbre so heyghe

þat nether barne ne beast myght þer bryddes reyche

and sythen I loked on þe see & so on þe sterres

many selko{u}vthes I segh be noght to seye noweLX

I segh flo{u}wersLX In þe frytthe & þer fayre colo{u}vrs

& how among þe grene gresse grewe so manye hewes

& some so{u}vre & some swete selco{u}vthe me thoght

off hyr kynd & hyr colo{u}vre to carpe yt were to long

but that most meved me & my mode changed

þat reason rewarded & re{u}vled all beastes

sa{u}ve man & hys make many tyme & offte

no reason them folowed & þat I reb{u}vked

reason & ryght to hym-sel{u}ve seyde

I haue wondre off þe quod I þat wytty arte holden

whye þou ne sueste man & hys make þat þem no myssfayte folowe

& reason arated me & seyde reche þou neuere

why I suffer or noght suffer þi-sel{u}ve hast noght a doone

amend þou yff þou myght my tyme ys to abyde

sufferance ys so{u}vereygne wert{u}ve & a swyffte wengeance

wo sufferythe more þen god quod he no goome as I le{u}ve

he myght amend In a myn{u}vte wyle all þat mysstandethe

but he sufferythe for some mannes good & so ys our better

the wyse & þe wyttye wroote þisLX In the byble

de re que te non molestat noli certare & cetera //

for be a man fayre or fo{u}vle ytt fallethe not toT lacke

the shappe ne þe shafte þat god shoope hym-sel{u}ve

for all þat he dyd was weldoo / wel doo as holy wrytt w{e}yttnessythe

et vidit deus cunta / cun[c]ta que fecerat & erant valde bona : //

& bad euery creat{u}vre In hys kynd Increasse

all to m{u}vrthe wythe man that most woo tholye

In fo{u}vndyng off þe flesshe & the feende bothe

for man was made off s{u}oyche amatter / a matter he mey not well astarte

that ne some-tyme hym betyd to folowen hys kynde

caton acordethe þerwyth nemo sine crimine viuit.//

tho caght I colo{u}vr a-non & compsed to be shamed

and awaked þer-wyth woo was me then{e}

that I yn meytelles ne myght more haue y-knowen

then seyd I to my-selffe and chydde þat tyme

now I watt what dowell ys by dere god as me thynkethe

& as I cast vp myne eyne oone loked on me & asked

off me what thyng yt were Iwys syr I seyde

to se moche & suffer more certes quod he ItC ys dowell

haddesthowe suffered slepyng tho thowe were

þou sholdest haue knowenC þat clargye can & concey{u}ved more by reason

for reason wold haue rehersed þe ryght as clargye seyde

and for theryne entremetyng there / arthowe forsake

philosophus esses si tacuisses et cetera . //

adam wyles he spake not he had paradysse att wyll

but when he mameled aboute meyte & entremete hym to knowe

the wyssdome off þe wytt off god he was put fro blysse

and ryght so fared reason by the þou wyth rewde speche

lackedest & losest thyng that longethe noght to be done

tho had he no lykyng for to lere the more

pryde nowe & pres{u}vmpsyon peravent{u}vre wyll þe appeyle

þat clarge thye companye ne kepethe not to sawe

shall neuer chalyngyng ne chydyng chastye man so sone

as shall shame & shenden hym & shape hym to amend

for lett a dronken daffe In a dyche fall

lett hym lygge looke not on hym tyll hym lyst ryse

for thogh reason rebuked hym þen ytt were but p{u}vre synne

& when nede nymmethe vp for do{u}vte lest he ster{u}ve

and shame {sha} P shrapethe hys clothes & hys shynnes wasshethe

þen woote þe dro{u}vnken daffe werefore he ys to blame

ye seggen sothe quod I yche haue sene ytt offte

þer smytt no thyng so smerte ne swellethe so sore

as shame þer he shoythe hym for euery man hym shendethe

whye ye wysse me þus quod I was for I reb{u}vked reason

certes quod he þat ys sothe & shope hym for to walke

& I aroos vpryght wyth þat & folowed after

& preyed hym off hys co{u}vrtesye to tell me hys name