at ich shulde shewe ?e kyng my metyng. 124
ffor? ich went swi?e onon,
Estward as me ?ou?th ich mi?th gon:
?e li?th of heuene me com to,
As ich in my waye shulde go. 128
"Lorde, my body ich ?elde ?ee to,
What ?oure wille is wi? me to do.
Ich take to
witnesse
god of heuene,
?
at so?lich ich mette ?is ilche sweuene*. ["The Lady protests too much, methinks."--Hamlet, III. ii. 240.]! 132
I ne reiche what ?ee myd my body do,
Als wisselich Iesus of heuene my soule vndergo."
?E ?ursday next ?e beryng of oure lefdy*. [Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Sept.
