Hoccleve's Works. II The minor poems in the Ashburnham Ms. Addit. 133. ... Edited by Sir Israel Gollancz |
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(1)
Wel may I pleyne on yow, Lady moneye,Þat in the prison of your sharp scantnesse
Souffren me bathe in wo and heuynesse,
And deynen nat of socour me purueye.
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(2)
whan þat I baar of your prison the keye,Kepte I yow streite? nay, god to witnesse!
Well may I [pleyne on yow, Lady moneye,
Þat in the prison of your sharp scantnesse
Souffren me bathe in wo and heuynesse,
And deynen nat of socour me purueye].
(3)
I leet yow out / o, now, of your noblesse,Seeth vn-to me / in your deffaute, I deye.
Well may I [pleyne on yow, Lady moneye,
Þat in the prison of your sharp scantnesse
Souffren me bathe in wo and heuynesse,
And deynen nat of socour me purueye].
(4)
Yee saillen al to fer / retourne, I preye!Conforteth me ageyn this Cristemesse!
Elles I moot in right a feynt gladnesse
Synge of yow thus / & yow accuse, & seye:
Well may I [pleyne on yow, Lady moneye,
Þat in the prison of your sharp scantnesse
Souffren me bathe in wo and heuynesse,
And deynen nat of socour me purueye].
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