No More Learning

e folk herkned & helde hem stille
wi? outen any boost 975
Til ? e book was red & seide.
Alexius was bifore hem leide,
ffulfild of ? e holy gost. 978
? e chaunceler wel loude grad
whan he ? e book of Alexius rad
Among ? e cristen ost; 981
hou he fro frendes gan wende,
And hou his fader fer & hende
Sou? th hym by euery cost;
Page 65
984
(83)
? And hou he was to ? e Emperoure
ysent, to be Man of valoure
And lernen chiualrie, 987
Of huntyng, & of Ryuere,
Of chesse pleieyng & of tablere:
Al nas wor? a flye; 990
Leuer hym was to conne good,
And seruen god wi? mylde mood,
and his moder Marie: 993
And hou he ? ede seuentene ?
er
In pilerinage fer & ner
wi? mychel maladye; 996
(84)
? And o? er ? eres seuentene
wi? his fader he had ybene,
his bedeman by ? e wowe, 999
? at fader ne moder ne his wijf
wisten of his holy lijf,
Ne ? at he was hire owe; 1002
And hou his fader sergeauntz alle,
veyn glorie gonne hym calle,
And gorre on hym gonne ? rowe; 1005
And hou he ? e book ywriten hadde:
Of al his lijf, ? ere he it radde
To ? e poeple hei? e & lowe.
Page 66
1008
(85)
? ?