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6 THE POET'S REPENTANCE
Weping haueþ myn wonges wet
for wikked werk ant wone of wyt;
vnbliþe y be til y ha bet
bruches broken, ase bok byt,
of leuedis loue, þat y ha let,
þat lemeþ al wiþ luefly lyt;
ofte in song y haue hem set,
þat is vnsemly þer hit syt.
Hit syt ant semeþ noht
þer hit ys seid in song;
þat y haue of hem wroht,
ywis hit is al wrong.
for wikked werk ant wone of wyt;
vnbliþe y be til y ha bet
bruches broken, ase bok byt,
of leuedis loue, þat y ha let,
þat lemeþ al wiþ luefly lyt;
ofte in song y haue hem set,
þat is vnsemly þer hit syt.
Hit syt ant semeþ noht
þer hit ys seid in song;
þat y haue of hem wroht,
ywis hit is al wrong.
Al wrong y wrohte for a wyf
þat made vs wo in world ful wyde;
heo rafte vs alle richesse ryf,
þat durfte vs nout in reynes ryde.
A styþye stunte hire sturne stryf,
þat ys in heouene hert in hyde.
In hire lyht on ledeþ lyf,
ant shon þourh hire semly syde.
Þourh hyre side he shon
ase sonne doþ þourh þe glas;
wommon nes wicked non
seþþe he ybore was.
þat made vs wo in world ful wyde;
heo rafte vs alle richesse ryf,
þat durfte vs nout in reynes ryde.
A styþye stunte hire sturne stryf,
þat ys in heouene hert in hyde.
In hire lyht on ledeþ lyf,
ant shon þourh hire semly syde.
Þourh hyre side he shon
ase sonne doþ þourh þe glas;
wommon nes wicked non
seþþe he ybore was.
Wycked nis non þat y wot
þat durste for werk hire wonges wete;
alle heo lyuen from last of lot
ant are al hende ase hauk in chete.
Forþi on molde y waxe mot
þat y sawes haue seid vnsete,
my fykel fleish, mi falsly blod;
on feld hem feole y falle to fete.
To fet y falle hem feole
for falslek fifti-folde,
of alle vntrewe on tele
wiþ tonge ase y her tolde.
þat durste for werk hire wonges wete;
alle heo lyuen from last of lot
ant are al hende ase hauk in chete.
Forþi on molde y waxe mot
þat y sawes haue seid vnsete,
my fykel fleish, mi falsly blod;
on feld hem feole y falle to fete.
To fet y falle hem feole
for falslek fifti-folde,
of alle vntrewe on tele
wiþ tonge ase y her tolde.
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Þah told beon tales vntoun in toune,
such tiding mei tide, y nul nout teme
of brudes bryht wiþ browes broune;
or blisse heo beyen, þis briddes breme.
In rude were roo wiþ hem roune
þat hem mihte henten ase him were heme.
Nys kyng, cayser, ne clerk wiþ croune
þis semly seruen þat mene may seme.
Semen him may on sonde
þis semly seruen so,
boþe wiþ fet ant honde,
for on þat vs warp from wo.
such tiding mei tide, y nul nout teme
of brudes bryht wiþ browes broune;
or blisse heo beyen, þis briddes breme.
In rude were roo wiþ hem roune
þat hem mihte henten ase him were heme.
Nys kyng, cayser, ne clerk wiþ croune
þis semly seruen þat mene may seme.
Semen him may on sonde
þis semly seruen so,
boþe wiþ fet ant honde,
for on þat vs warp from wo.
Nou wo in world ys went away,
ant weole is come ase we wolde,
þourh a mihti, methful mai,
þat ous haþ cast from cares colde.
Euer wymmen ich herie ay,
ant euer in hyrd wiþ hem ich holde,
ant euer at neode y nyckenay
þat y ner nemnede þat heo nolde.
Y nolde ant nullyt noht,
for noþyng nou a nede
soþ is þat y of hem ha wroht,
as Richard erst con rede.
ant weole is come ase we wolde,
þourh a mihti, methful mai,
þat ous haþ cast from cares colde.
Euer wymmen ich herie ay,
ant euer in hyrd wiþ hem ich holde,
ant euer at neode y nyckenay
þat y ner nemnede þat heo nolde.
Y nolde ant nullyt noht,
for noþyng nou a nede
soþ is þat y of hem ha wroht,
as Richard erst con rede.
Richard, rote of resoun ryht,
rykening of rym ant ron,
of maidnes meke þou hast myht;
on molde y holde þe murgest mon.
Cunde comely ase a knyht,
clerk ycud þat craftes con,
in vch an hyrd þyn aþel ys hyht,
ant vch an aþel þin hap is on.
Hap þat haþel haþ hent
wiþ hendelec in halle;
selþe be him sent
in londe of leuedis alle!
rykening of rym ant ron,
of maidnes meke þou hast myht;
on molde y holde þe murgest mon.
Cunde comely ase a knyht,
clerk ycud þat craftes con,
in vch an hyrd þyn aþel ys hyht,
ant vch an aþel þin hap is on.
Hap þat haþel haþ hent
wiþ hendelec in halle;
selþe be him sent
in londe of leuedis alle!
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