e waye,
[D] Preuely aproched to a prest, & prayed hym ?
[D] Preuely aproched to a prest, & prayed hym ?
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[Footnote 1: my3t (? ). ]
[Footnote 2: fro (? ). ]
XXX.
[A] Thenne lachche3 ho hir leue, & leue3 hym ? ere,
For more myr? e of ? at mon mo3t ho not gete;
1872 [B] When ho[1] wat3 gon, sir G. gere3 hym sone,
Rises, & riches hym in araye noble,
[C] Lays vp ? e luf-lace, ? e lady hym ra3t,
Hid hit ful holdely, ? er he hit eft fonde;
1876 Sy? en cheuely to ? e chapel choses he ?
e waye,
[D] Preuely aproched to a prest, & prayed hym ? ere
? at he wolde lyfte[2] his lyf, & lern hym better,
How his sawle schulde be saued, when he schuld seye he? en.
1880 [E] ? ere he schrof hym schyrly, & schewed his mysdede3,
Of ? e more & ? e mynne, & merci beseche3,
[F] & of absolucioun he on ? e segge calles;
& he asoyled hym surely, & sette hym so clene,
1884 [G] As dome3-day schulde haf ben di3t on ? e morn.
& sy? en he mace hym as mery among ? e fre ladyes,
[H] With comlych caroles, & alle kynnes ioye,
As neuer he did bot ? at daye, to ? e derk ny3t,
1888 with blys;
Vche mon hade daynte ? are,
[I] Of hym, & sayde Iwysse,
[J] ?
[Footnote 1: my3t (? ). ]
[Footnote 2: fro (? ). ]
XXX.
[A] Thenne lachche3 ho hir leue, & leue3 hym ? ere,
For more myr? e of ? at mon mo3t ho not gete;
1872 [B] When ho[1] wat3 gon, sir G. gere3 hym sone,
Rises, & riches hym in araye noble,
[C] Lays vp ? e luf-lace, ? e lady hym ra3t,
Hid hit ful holdely, ? er he hit eft fonde;
1876 Sy? en cheuely to ? e chapel choses he ?
e waye,
[D] Preuely aproched to a prest, & prayed hym ? ere
? at he wolde lyfte[2] his lyf, & lern hym better,
How his sawle schulde be saued, when he schuld seye he? en.
1880 [E] ? ere he schrof hym schyrly, & schewed his mysdede3,
Of ? e more & ? e mynne, & merci beseche3,
[F] & of absolucioun he on ? e segge calles;
& he asoyled hym surely, & sette hym so clene,
1884 [G] As dome3-day schulde haf ben di3t on ? e morn.
& sy? en he mace hym as mery among ? e fre ladyes,
[H] With comlych caroles, & alle kynnes ioye,
As neuer he did bot ? at daye, to ? e derk ny3t,
1888 with blys;
Vche mon hade daynte ? are,
[I] Of hym, & sayde Iwysse,
[J] ?