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British Library Harley 218 Verses

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Ffirst where as I for sook myn owne wylle •
Shette with a look of obedience •
Tobeye my soueretnes / as it was rygħt & skylle •
To folowe the skole of perfyȝt pacience •
To myn Eynes1 doon worshep & reuerence •
Ffolowyng the reuers / toke ałł an other weye •
What2 I was boden / I koude weel disobeye •
With tonge at large / and brotel conscyence •
Ful of wordes / disordinat of language •
Rekeles to kepe my lyppes in silence •
Moutħ eyen and eres / token ther avauntage •
To haue ther cours / onbrydeled be outrage •
Out of the reynes / of attemperaunce •
To sensualyte / gaf ałł there gouernaunce •
Wacche out of tyme / ryot and dronkenesse •
Vnfructuous talkyng / Intomperat3 diete •
To veyn fables / I dyd myn eres dresse •
Ffals detraccioun4 among was to me swette •
To talke of vertu me thougħt it was not mete •
To my corage / nor my compleccioun5 •
Nor nat that sowned toward perfeccioun6 •
Notes
  1. The EETS edition has "Eymes" here, but the manuscript has "Eynes." ↩
  2. The rubricator only touched one half of the "w" glyph here. ↩
  3. The EETS edition has "e" for the fourth glyph, but the manuscript witness does not match "e" as seen elsewhere in the witness. ↩
  4. There is a hooked mark over the terminal "n" here, but it is likely to be an otiose mark as the word has both "u" and "n" present. ↩
  5. There is a hooked mark over the terminal "n" here, but it is likely to be an otiose mark as the word has both "u" and "n" present. ↩
  6. There is a suspension mark over the last three glyphs here, ut there is nothing obvious that would be a suspended letter. ↩

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