ou hast so longe yfed,
wi? mete & drynk, cloo? &. bed,
He bare hym euer lowe. 924
(78)
? 'I trowe wel it may so be,
whom so ?ee seche, ?at it is he,
ffor he was good of lijf; 927
His bedes he bad as a frere,
Ne wolde he nou?th, while he was here,
Louen fi?th ne strijf; 930
A book in his honde he halt
Swi?e fast, & narewe yfalt,
who ?at it cou?e descryue; 933
I ne woot what he ?ereinne wrou?th;
?
e
parchemyn
I hym bou?
th,
Gon fourty dayes & fyue.'
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936
(79)
? ?oo ?at ?is herden ?e Emperoures
And o?ere lordes of honoures,
?ai ?ankeden god almi?th. 939
He led hem ?ere lay ?at body,
Clene & fair, & sumdel rody,
fface feir & bri?th.
