<County: Warwickshire>
<Code: L4680>
<MS reference: London, BL Harley 875, Hand A>
<Text: Piers Plowman A>

<Tranche 1>
<fol. 1r>**J*N A SOMER SESON WHEN SOFT WAS yE SONNE .
*J SCHOPE ME UNDURE A SCHROWDE AS J A SCHEPE WERE
*JN AN ABYTE OF AN HERMYT VNHOOLY OF WARKUS
*J WENTE WYDE IN yIS WORLDE WONDRIS TO HERE .
*BUT ON A MAYES MORNYNGE ON MALUERNE HULLIS
*ME BIFEL A FARLY OF *FEYRYE ME THOUGHTE
*J WAS WERY OF WANDRYNGE WENT ME TO RESTE
*VNDUR A BRODE BANKE BY A BOORNE SYDE .
*AND AS J LAY & LEONED & LOKED IN yE WATRES
*J SLOMBRED IN A SLEPYNGE IT SOWNED SO MYRYE
yEN CAN J METE A MERUELOUS SWEUENE
yAT J WAS IN A WYLDURNES J WISTE NEUER WHERE
*AS J BYHELD IN-TO yE EST AN HIzE TO yE SONNE
*J SAWE A TOUR ON A TOFTE WONDURLY MAKED
*A DEOP DALE BYNETHEN & A DONGEN yER YNNE
*WITH DEOP DICHE & DARKE y\T DREDEFUL WAS OF SYGHTE
*A FEYRE FEELD FUL OF FOLKE J FONDE yERE BITWENE
*OF ALLE MANER OF MEN yE MEENE & yE RYCHE
*BUT SOmME PUTTEN HEM TO yE PLOWGH & PLEYDEN BUT SEELDE
*JN ERYNGE & SOWYNGE & SWONKEN FUL SORE
*yAT MONY OF yESE WAISTOURS IN GLOTONYE DISTROYEN
& SOmME PUTTEN HEM TO PRYDE & APARAYLEDEN HEm yer-AFTur
*JN QUOYNTYSE OF CLOyINGE yEI CONEN HEM DISGYSE .
*JN PRAYERS & PENAUnCE PUTTEN HEM MANY
*FOR yE LOUE OF OURE LORDE LYUEDEN FUL STRAYTE
*JN HOPE FOR TO HAUE HEUEN-RICHE BLYSSE
<add><different hand> *AS ANCreS & *HerEMYTES y\T HOLD\T HEm In HER CELLIS
*COUEIT NOT In CUNTRE TO CARIEN ABOUTE</add>
*FOR NO LYCOROUS LYUELODE HER LYCAM TO PLESE
*AND SOmME CHOSEN CHAFFARE TO PREUE yE BETTERE
AS IT SEMETH IN OURE SIGHT yAT yEI SO SCHULDEN
*AND SOmME MYRTHES TO MAKE AS MYNSTRALS KUnNE
yAT GETEN GOLD WIy HER GLEO SYNLES J TROWE
*BUT JAPERS & IANGLERS <exp>BEN</exp> JUDAS CHILDREN
yA FEYNEN HEM FANTASYES & FOOLIS HEM MAKEN
& HAN WITTE AT HER WILLE TO WORCHE <add><different hand>zIF yEI WOLDE</add>
<fol. 1v>*WHAT POUL PRECHE\T OF HEM J DAR NOT SEY HERE
<lat></lat> IS LUCYFERS HYNE .
*BYDDERS & BEGGERS FASTE ABOWTE zEDEN
*TIL HER BAGGES & HER BALYES WEREN FASTE CROmMED
*FAYTEDEN FOR HER FOODE & FOUGHTEN AT yE NAALE .
*JN GLOTONYE GOD WOTE GON yEI TO BEDDE
AN RYSEN VP WIy RYBAUDY yESE ROBBERDYS KNAUES
*SLEEP & SLEWyE SEWETH HEM EUERE
*PYLGRYMERS & PALMERS PYGHTEN HEM TO-GYDRES
*FOR TO SECHE SEYNTE JAME & SEYNTES AT ROME
*WENTEN FORTHE IN HER WAYE WITH MANY VAYN TAALES
*AND HADDEN LEUE FOR TO LYE AL HER LYF AFTUR
*GRETE LOBurS & LONGE yAT LOTHE WEREN TO SWYNKE
*CLOTHEDEN HEM IN *COPES TO BE KNOWEN FOR BRETHEREN
*AND SCHOPEN HEM TO HERMYTES HER EESE FOR TO HAUE
*J FONDE THERE yE FREERIS ALLE THE FOURE ORDERS
*PRECHYNGE yE PEPULE FOR PROFYT OF HER WOMBYS
*GLOSYNGE yE GOSPEL AS HEM-SILF LYKETH
*FOR COUETISE OF COOPIS CONSTRUEN IT FUL YUEL
*FOR MONY OF yESE MAYSTurS MOWEN BE CLOTHED THE BETTER
*FOR MONEY & HER MARCHAUNDISE METTEN <add><different hand>TO-GEDYR</add>
*SITH *FREERIS HAN BEN CHAPMEN & CHEEF TO SCHRYUE LORDYS
MANY FARLYES HAN BIFALLEN IN A FEWE zEERIS
*AN BUT HOOLY CHURCHE BYGYNNE yE BETTer TO HOLDE TOGEDRE
THE MOOST MYSCHEEF UPOn MOOLDE IS MOWNTYNGE UP <add><different hand>W<?>L</add> FASTE
*THER PreCHED A PARDENER A PreST AS IT WERE
AND BROWGHT FORTH A BULLE WITH BYSSCHOPus SEALYS
AND SEYD yAT HYM-SILF MYGHT ASSOYLEN HEM ALLE
OF FALSENESSE OF FASTYNGus & OF VOWYS BROKEN
*THESE LEWYD MEN LEUED HYM WEL & LYKEDEN HI<add><different hand>S SPECHE</add>
& COMEN VP KNEOLYNGE & KYSSEDEN HIS BULLES
*HE <add><different hand>BLESSUD</add> HEM WIy HIS BREUETT & BLERYD HER YzEN
AND RAUGHTE WIy HIS RAGMAN RYNGus & BROCHES
*THUS zE zYUEN zOURE GOODus GLOTONS TO HELPE .
& LEUEN HYT<?> TO LOSELS yAT LECHORIES HAWNTEN
*BUT WERE yE BISSCHOP BLESSID & WORTH BOTHE HISE EARES
yEI SCHULDEN NOT BE SO HARDY TO BIGYLE SO yE PEPLE
*JT IS NOT AL BY yE BISCHOP yAT yE BOYE PRECHEy
<add><different hand>BUT y\E</add> PerSCHE PREST & yE PerDYNer PARTEN yE SYLUER
<fol. 2r>yAT yE POORE OF yE PerYSCHE SCHULD HAUE IF yEI NE WERE .
*PARSOWNS & PROUENDERS HAN PLAYNED TO HER BISSCHOPPus
yAT HER PerISCHENS HAN BEN POORE SITH PESTYLENCE TYME
*AND HAN LEUE & LYCENCE AT LONDON TO DWELLE
TO SYNGE yERE FOR SYMONYE FOR SYLUER IS SWETE
*THER HOUED A HONDRED IN HOWUES OF SYLKE
*SARIAWNTIS IT SEMED TO SERUE AT yE BARRE
*FOR PENYES & FOR POWNDIS PLADDEN yE LAWE
*BUT FOR yE LOUE OF OURE LORD NOT OPEN HER <hole in parchment>YPPus OONus
*FOR y/U MYzTEST BETTur METE yE MYSTE On MAL<hole>UERNE HULLUS
yAN GETE A MOmME OF HER MOUyE TYL MONEY WERE SCHEWID .
*J SAWE yER BISSCHOPPus BOOLD & BACHYLERS OF DYUYNE
BYCOM CLERKES OF A-COWNTE yE KYNGE FOR TO SERUE
*ARCHEDEKENS & DEENES yAT DYGNYTY HAN
TO PRECHE yE PEPLE & PORE MEN TO FEDE
BEN LOPEN TO LONDON BY LEUE OF HER BISSCHOPus
TO BECOME CLERKYS OF yE KYNGus BENCHE yE CONTREY TO SCHENDE
*BAROWNS & BURGEISES & BONDEMEN ALSO
*J SAWE IN yAT SEMBLE AS zE SCHUL SEEN AFTUR
*BAKERS & BOCHERS & BREWSTARS MANY
*MASONS & MYNOURS & MANY Oyer CRAFTus
*DICHERS & DELUERS yAT DOON HER DEDus YUOL
AND DRYUEN FORTH yE LONGE DAYE WITH DIEUz SAUE DAME EMME
*COOKIS & HER KNAUES CRYEN HOOTE PYES HOOTE
GOOD GEES & GriYSE GO+WE DYNE GO+WE
*TAUERNERS HEM TOLDE yILKE SAME TALE
*GOOD WYNE OF GASKYNE & yE WYN OF OSEE
yE RYNE & yE ROCHEL yE ROOST TO DEFYzE
**WHAT yIS MOWNTEYN BYMENEy & yIS DEOPE DALE
& EKE yIS FEELD FUL OF FOLKE *I SCHAL zOU FEYRE SCHEWE
A LOUELY <ct> <mrg>LADY</mrg> OF LEOR~ IN LYNNED Y-CLOTHED
*COME ADOWNE FROM yE LOFTE & CLEPID ME FEYRE
& SEYDE SONE SLEPIST yOU SEEST yOU yIS PEPLE
HOW BYSYE yAT yEI BEN AL ABOWTE yE MASE
*THE MOOST PARTE OF yE PEPLE y\T PASSEy VPON ERyE
HAUE yEI WORSCHYP OF yIS WORLD NE KEPE yEI NO BETTUR
FOR OFyER HEUEN yEN HERE IS zYUE yEI% NO TALE
<pph> *J WAS A-FERDE OF HIR FACE yEIz HEO FAYR~ WERE
<fol. 2v>*AND SEYDE MERCYE MADAME WHAT MAY yIS BYMEENE
<pph> *THE TOURE On yE TOFTE QuoD HEO TRUTHE IS yER-YNNE
HE WOLDE yAT zE WROWzTEN AS HIS WORD TEECHITHE
*FOR HE IS FADER OF FEITH yAT FOURMED zOU ALLE
BOTHE WIy FELLE & WITH FACE & zAUE zOU FYUE WITTus
*FOR TO WORSCHIP HYM yer-WITH yE WHYLE y\T zE BEOy HERE .
*AND yerFORE HOOTETH yE ERyE TO SERUE zOU UCHONE
OF WOLLEN <hole> OF LYNNEn & LYUELODE AT NEODE
*IN A MESU<hole>RABLE MANer TO MAKE zOU AT EESE
*AND COmMAUn<hole>DETH OF HIS CURTASYE In COMYn yRE yINGus
HER NAAMES BEOy NEODEFUL & NEMPNE HEM *J yENKE
BY RULE & BI RESON REHERSE HEM HER AFTUR
*THAT OON CLOTHYNGE IS FROM CHEELE zOU TO SAUE
yAT Oyur IS METE AT MELE FOR MYSSECHEEF OF yI SYLUEN
*DRYNKE WHAN yOU DRYEST BUT DO IT NOT OUTE OF RESONE
yAT yOU WORTHE yE WORS WHEN yOU WORCHE SCHULDEST
*FOR LOOT IN HIS LYF DAYES yOROUz LYKYNGE OF DRYNKE
DYDE BY HIS DOWzTRES yAT yE DEUEL LYKED
*FOR LUSTE OF LYKEROUSNES HIS LYCAM TO PLESE
HE DELYTED HIM IN DRYNKE AS yE DEUOL WOLDE
AND LECHORYE HI%M LAWzTE & HE LAY BY HEM BOTHE . /
*AND AL HE WYTED IT WYN yAT WICKUD DEDE
*DREDE DELYTABLE DRYNKE <add><different hand>yOU</add> SCHALT DO yE BETTur
*MESURE IS MEDCYNE yEIz yOU MYCHE zERNE
AL IS NOT GOOD TO yE GOOST yAT yE BODY ASKEy
NE LYUELODE TO yE LYKAM y\T LEOF IS TO yE SOULE
LEUE NOT yI LYKAM FOR LYAR HYM LEDITH
yAT IS yE WICKED WORLDE yEE TO BYTRAI
yE FEND & yI FLESCHE FOLOWEy yEE TOGUDRE
& yAT SCHENDEy yI SOULE *J SEE IT I%N yI HARTE
AND FOR yOU SCHULDEST BEN YWAR *J WYSSE yEE yE BEST
<pph> *A MERCYE MADAME QUOD *I ME LYKEy WEL yI WORDYS
BUT yE MONEY IN yIS MOLDE yAT MEN SO FASTE HOLDEN
TELLE ME TO WHAM yAT TRESOURE APENDIy . /
<pph> *GO TO yE GOSPEL QOOy HEO yER GOD SEYDE HYM-SELUEN
*WHEN yE PEPLE HYM APPOSYD WIy A PENY I%N yE TEMPLE
IF yEI SCHULDEN WORSCHYP yerWITH *CESAR HER KYNGE .
*AND HE AXEDE OF HEM OF WHOM SPAKE yE LETTURE
& WHOM yE YMAGE WAS LYKE yAT yer-YnNE STONDETH . /
<fol. 3r>*CESAR yEI SEYDEN WE SEOy WEL UCHOONE . /
<lat></lat>
*zELDEy TO CESAR QUOy GOD yAT TO CESAR APENDIy
& TO GOD HIS DEEL OR ELLYS zE DON YLLE
*FOR RIzTFULLYCH RESON SCHULD RULE zOU ALLE
& KYNDE WYTTE SCHULDE BE WARDEYN zOURE WELyE TO KEPE
& TOURE OF zOURE TRESOURE TO TAKE IT zOU AT NEODE
FOR HOUSBONDRYE & WITTE HOLDEN TO-GYDRE .
<pph> *yAN FRAYNED *J HIR FEYRE FOR HYM yAT HIR MADE
yE DALE & yE DONGOWN yAT DREDEFUL IS OF SYzTE
WHAT MAY yAT BYMEENE MADAME *J yEE BISECHE . /
<pph> *THAT IS yE CASTEL OF CARE QUOy HEO WHO yAT COMEy yer-YnNE
HE MAY BANNE yAT HE WAS BORNE TO BODY OR TO SOULE
yER-YnNE WONEy A WIGHTE yAT WRONGE IS Y-HOTE
*FADRE OF FALSENES HE FONDED HYM SYLUEN
*ADAM & EUE HE EGGED TO YLLE
*CAYM HE COWNSEYLED TO KYLLE HIS BROTHER
*JUDAS HE JAPED yOROGH yE JEWES SYLUER
& ON AN ELLARNE TREE HONGED HYM AFTUR .
HE IS A LETTAR OF LOUE & BYLYzETH HEM ALLE
yAT TRUSTEy IN HER TRESOURE yAT NO TREWTH IS YNNE
<pph> *yAN HAD *I WONDUR IN MY WITTE WHAT WOMMOn yIS WAS
yAT SUCHE WISE WORDIS OF HOOLY WRYTT ME SCHEWYDE
*J HALSED HIR IN yE HIzE NAME ER HEO yEnNYS zEDE
WHAT HEO WERE WITTURLY yAT TAWGHT ME SO FEYRE
<pph> *HOOLY CHURCHE *J AM QUOy HEO yOU OWGHTEST ME TO KNOWE
*J yEE FURST UNDURFONGE & yI FEIy yEE TAWGHT
yOU BROWzTEST ME BOROWES MY BYDDYNGE TO WORCHE
& TO LOUE ME <add><different hand>TRULY</add> WHILE yI LYF LASTED . /

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<fol. 7r><line 37> **N*OWE IS MEDE yE MAYDEN J-NOMEN OF HEM ALLE
WIy BIDELES & WIy BAYLES & BROUzT TO yE KYNGE
yE KYNGE CALLED A CLERKE *J CON NOT HIS NAME .
<fol. 7v>& BADE HIM TAKE <hole> MEDE yE MAYDEN & MAKE HIR AT EESE
*J WOLE ASAY HIR MY-SE<hole>LF SEYD yE KYNG & HIR APPOSE
*WHAT MAN IN yIS MOOLDE yAT HIR WERE LEOUEST
*AND HEO WORCHE BY MY WITTE & MY WILLE FOLOWE
*J WOLE FORGYUE HIR yIS GULTE SO ME GOD HELPE
<pph> *CURTEYSELYyE CLERK yEN AS HIS KYNDE WOLDE
TOKE yE MAYDEN BY yE MYDDEL & BROUzTE HIR TO CHAUMBUR
yER WAS MYRTH & MYNSTRALSYE MEDE WIy TO PLESE
yEI yAT WONEN AT WESTMYNSTER WORSCYPEN HIR YCHOONE
*JENTLYCHE WIy IOYE yE IUSTICE<add><different hand>S</add> WEL SOONE
BUSKED H<add><different hand>E</add>M TO yE CHAUMBur yERE yE BURDE WAS YNNE
COWMFORTYD HIR KYNDELY & MADE HIR AT EESE
& SEYD NE MOWURNE yOU NOT MEDE NE MAKE yOU NO SOROWE
*FOR WE WOLEN WISSE yE KYNGE & yI WAyE SCHAPE
FOR AL CONSCIENCE CASTE A CRAFTE CAN WE SCHEWE
yAT yOU SCHALT HAUE BOyE MYzT & MAYSTRYE & MAKE WHaT yE LIKEy
WIy yE KYNGE & yE COMYNS & yE COURTE BOyE . /
<pph> *MEKELY yEN MEDE MERCYED HEM ALLE
OF HER GRETE GOODNESSE zAUE HEM <add><different hand>E</add>CHONE
*COUPES OF CLENE GOLDE & PECES OF SYLUER
*RYNGus WIy RYBYES & RYCHESSES MANY
yE LEST MAN OF HER+MEYNE MOTON OF GOLD . /
yEN LAUzTEN yEI HER LEUE yESE LORDYNGus AT MEDE
<pph> WIy yAT COME CLERKIS TO COUMFORT yE SAME
WE BIDDEy yEE BE BLYTHE FOR WE BEOy yI%NE OWENE
FOR TO WORCHE yI WYLLE yE WHILE OURE LYF LASTIy .
<pph> HENDELY yEN HEO BIHYzT HEM yE SAME
TO LOUEN HEM TRULY & LORDES HEM MAKEN .
*IN COURTE & IN CONSTRYE TO TELLEN HER NAMES
yER SCHAL NO LEWDNES HEm LETT yE LEWDEST yAT *J LOUE
yAT yEI NE WORyE A-VAUNCED FOR *J AM *J-KNOWE
yERE AS KUNNYNGE CLERKYS SCHUL COUCHE BYHYNDE
<pph> yEN COME yER A CONFESSOUR COPED AS A FRERE
TO MEDE yE MAYDEN MEKELY HE LOWTID
& SEYD FUL SOFTLY IN SCHRYFTE AS IT WERE
yEIz LERED & LEWIDE HAD LEYN BY yEE BOyE
& yEIz FALSENES HAD FOLOWED yEE yIS FYFTENE WYNTUR
*J SCHAL ASOYLE yEE MY SILF FOR A SOmME OF WHETE
& EKE BE yI BAWDSTROT & BERE WEL yIN ERANDE
A-MONGE yESE COURTEORS & yE COMYNS CONSCIEnCE TE FELLE . /
<fol. 8r><pph> yEN MEDE FOR HER MYSSE-DEEDYS TO yAT MAN KNELED
& SCHROF <smudge or dot> HIR OF HIR SHREWDNES SCHAMELES J TROWE
HEO TOLD HYM A TALE & TOKE HYM A NOBLE
FOR TO BE HIR BAWDE & BERE WEL HIR ERAND
<pph> *yEN HE ASOYLED HIR SONE & SIy TO HIR SEYDE
*WE HAN A WYNDOWE In WURCHYNGE WOL STONDE US FUL HYzE
WOLDEST yOU GLASE yE GABLE & GRAUE yER-YNNE yI NAME
SIKER SCHULD yI SOULE BEO HEUEN FORTO HAUE
<pph> *WYST *J yAT QUOy yE WOMAN yER NYS WYNDOW NE AWTER
yAT J SCHULD MENDE OR MAKE & MY NAME WRYTE .
yAT <exp>ALLE</exp> MEN SCHULDEN SEY yAT *J WERE SUSTUR OF yE HOUS
<pph> *BUT GOD TO ALLE GOOD FOLKE SUCHE GRAUYNGE DEFENDIy
*AND SEIy . <lat></lat>
*LATE NOT yI LYFTE HONDE LATE NE RAyE
BE WAR WHAT yI RYzTE HONDE WORCHEy OR DELEy
SO PriUELY BE IT PARTED yAT PRYDE BE NOT SEYE
NOWyER IN SIzTE NE IN SOULE <ill><1 word></ill> GOD HIm SILF KNOWEy
*WHO IS CURTEYS OR KYND<?> COUEyTOUS OR ELLIS
FOR-yI J REDE zOU LORDYNGus SUCHE LERNYNGus TO LEUE
TO WRYTE IN WYNDOWIS OF zOURE WEL-DEEDYS
OR TO GREDE AFTUR GODDES FOLK WHEN zE zYUEN DOOLES
*JN AUNTur LEST zE HAN zOURE HURE yERFORE HERE
FOR OF SOCHE MEN OURE SAUYOURE SEIy IN yE GOSPEL . /
<lat></lat>
HERE FORSOyE yEI FONGON HER MEDE FORy-WIy
zE MEYRES & MAYSTERS yAT BEOy ORDEYNED MEENES
BY-TWENE yE KYNGE & yE COMYnS yE LAWE FORTO KEPE
TO PONYSCHE ON PYLORyE & ON PYNYNGE STOOLI%S
*BREWESTerES <ct> <sup>&</sup> BAKERS BOCHERS & *COKES
*FOR yESE BEN MEN ON MOLDE yAT MOOST HARME WORCHEN
TO yE PORE PEPLE yAT AL MOST A-BYGGEN
*FOR yEI PYLEN yE PORE PEPUL PriUELY & OFTE
& WAXEN RYCHE REGRATOURES & RENTES HEM BYGGEN
WIy yAT yE PORE PEPLE SCHULD PUTT IN HOR WOMBES
<add>*FOR IF yEI TOKEn W\T TROUTHE ; yEI TYMBURYD NOT SO HYE
NE SHULDE BYE NOO BURGAGes BE zE CERTEYN</add><partly different hand>
<pph> BUT MEDE yE MAYDEN yE MEYRE HEO <exp>HAy</exp> BY-SOWzTE
OF ALLE SUCHE SELLERS FOR TO TAKE SYLUER
OR PRESANTES WIy-OUTE PANS OS PECES OF SYLUER .
<fol. 8v>*OR RYNGES WIy RUBYES yESE REGRATOURES TO FAUOUR~
<pph> FOR MY LOUE QUOy yE LADY LOUE HEM YCHOONE
& SUFFRE HEM TO SYLLE SOMDEL AzEYN RESONE
<pph> *BUT SALAMON yE SAGE A SERMON HE MADE
TO AMENDE WIy yISE MEYRES & MEN yAT KEPEN yE LAWES
*SO yIS WAS HIS TEME yAT *J TELLE yENKE
<lat></lat>
*AMONGE yISE LEWED MEN yIS LATYN AMOUNTEy .
yAT FYER SCHAL FALL & BRENN AT yE LASTE
yE HOUSES & yE HOOMES OF HEM yAT DESYREN
TO TAKE zYFTES AMYSSE IN zOUyE OR IN ELDE
<pph> *NOW BEOy zE WAR IF zE WOLE zE MAYSTurS OF yE LAWE
FOR yE SOyE SCHALE BE SOUzTE OF zOURE SOULES SO ME GOD HELPE
yE SUFFRAUNCE yAT zE SUFFRE SUCHE WRONGus TO BE WROUzT
WHILE yE CHAUNCE IS IN zOUR~ CHOYSE CHEOSE zE yE BEST
<pph> *THEN CAm yE KYNG FROM yE COUNSEYLE & CALLED AFTur MEDE
& SENT AFTUR HIR ASSWIyE SERI%AWNTIS HIR FETTE
& BROUzTEN HIR TO yE BOURE yERE yE KI%NG WAS YNNE
WIy MYRyE & WIy MYNSTRASYE yEI PLESEDEN HIR YCHOONE
*CURTESLY yE KYNG yOO SEYDE TO MEDE
*CERTIS UNWYSELY WROUzTE HAST yOU OFTE
WORS WROUzTEST yOU NEUer yEN <mrg>WHAN</mrg> yOU FALSE TOKE
BUT *J FORzYUE yEE yIS GYLTE SO yOU DO NO MORE . /
*J HAUE A KNYzT HETT COnSCIENCE COME LATE FROm BYzONDE
*IF HE WOLE yEE TO WYF WOLT yOU ASSENTE
<pph> *zEA LORD QUOy yE LADY GOD FORBEDE ELLIS
BUT *J HOOLLY BE AT zOURE HEEST GURD OFF MY NEK .
<pph> *THEN WAS CONSCIENCE CALLED TO COME & A-PERE
BY-FORE yE KYNGE & HIS COUNSEYL CLERKIS & Oyur
KNELYNGE CONSCIENCE yEN TO yE KYNG LOWTED
TO WYTE WHAT HIS WILLE WERE & WHAT HE DO SCHULDE
WOLT yOU WEDDE yIS WOmMAN IF *J WOLE ASSENT
FOR HEO IS FAYNE OF yI FELAWSCHYPE FOR TO BE yI MAKE
<pph> *NAY QUOy CONSCIENCE TO yE KYNGE CriST IT ME FORBEDE
ER *J WEDDE SUCHE A WYF WOO ME BYTYDE
*FOR HEO IS FREYLE OF HIR FLEISCHE FYKUL OF HIR FEIy
HEO MAKEy MEN MYSSE-DO MONY SCORE TYMES
*JN TRUST OF HIR TRESOURE HEO TEONEy FUL MANY
WYUES & WYDOWYS WANTONNES HEO TECHIy