Hoccleve's Works. II The minor poems in the Ashburnham Ms. Addit. 133. ... Edited by Sir Israel Gollancz |
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La response.
(1)
Hoccleue / I wole / it to thee knowen be,I, lady moneie / of the world goddesse,
Þat haue al thyng vndir my buxumnesse,
Nat sette by thy pleynte risshes three.
(2)
Myn hy might haddest thow in no cheertee,Whyle I was in thy slipir sikirnesse.
Hoccleue [/ I wole / it to thee knowen be,
I, lady moneie / of the world goddesse,
Þat haue al thyng vndir my buxumnesse,
Nat sette by thy pleynte risshes three].
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(3)
At instance of thyn excessif largesse,Becam I of my body delauee.
Hoccleue [/ I wole / it to thee knowen be,
I, lady moneie / of the world goddesse,
Þat haue al thyng vndir my buxumnesse,
Nat sette by thy pleynte risshes three].
(4)
And syn þat lordes grete obeien me,Sholde I me dreede / of thy poore symplesse?
My golden heed akith for thy lewdnesse.
Go, poore wrecche / who settith aght by thee?
Hoccleue / I wole / it to thee knowen be,
I, lady moneie / of the world goddesse,
Þat haue al thyng vndir my buxumnesse,
Nat sette by thy pleynte risshes three.
Cest tout.
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