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Yet well I serve my prynee »y lord & thyn
and let theim lyve to fede the panche that list
so I nay fede to lyve both me ft ntyn
By god veil aayde but what and If thou wist
how to bryng in aa fast as thou doeat spend 3
that would I lerne / and it shall not be myst
To tell the how i now hark what I intend
thou knowest veil first who so can s eke to plese
shall pourchase frenders where trowght shall but offend
ffle therefore trueth t it is boeth welth and ese
for tho that trouth of every titan hath prayse
full nere that wynd goeth trouth in great misese
Vse vertu as it goeth now a daye se
in word alone to make thy langage swete
and of the dede yet do not as thou sayse
Elles be thou sure thou shalt be farr£ vnmyt
to get thy bred eche thing is now so s^ ant
seke still thy proffet vpon thy bare fete
Lend in no wise for fere that thou do want
onles it be as to a dogge a chese 2O
by which retorne_ be sure to wyn a kant
Of half at lest / it is not goode to lese
lerne at kittson that in a long white cote
from vnder the stall w oute landes^ or feise
^ f But| 6 f And, that would I lerne| 13, dayes (da>esu)|
23, Kittson*
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