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The Testament of John Lydgate:
British Library Harley 218 Verses

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Folio 66 Verso
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My lust was ałł to skorne folke and Iape •
Shrewed turnes euer among to vse •
To skoffe and mowen like a wantoun ape •
Wħan1 I dyd euele other koude accuse •
My wittes2 fyve / in wast I dyd all use •
Redier cheristones to talle •
Than gon to chircħe or here the sacryng belle •
Loth to ryse / lother to bedde at eve •
With3 vnwasshe hondes redy to dyuer •
My pater noster my crede / or my beleve •
Cast atte cok lo this was my manere4 •
Waved5 with eche wynd as doth a reedspere •
Snybbyng of my frendes / sucche tecches tamende •
Mad deef ere / list not to them attende •
A chyld resemblyng / whicħ was not lyke to thryve •
Froward to god rekles in his servyce •
Lotħ to correccioun slougħ my selue to shryve •
Alle good thewes redy to despice •
Chief belwedyr of froward truandice •
This is to mene / my self I coude feyne •
Sike like a truaunt / and felt no maner peyne •
Notes
  1. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. ↩
  2. The EETS edition has "wyttes" here, but the manuscript writes the word as "wittes." ↩
  3. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. ↩
  4. The EETS edition has "maner" here whereas the manuscript has "manere." ↩
  5. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. Additionally the manuscript has Waved," but the EETS edition has "Wawed." ↩

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