1143
Sumwhat it was
sayeth the p
rouerbe olde
1144That the catte winked when here ye was out
1145That is to
saye no tale can be tolde
1146But that
sum Engly
she maye be piked therof out
1147yf to
serche the laten and ground of it men wil go aboute
1148As this tri
fling enterlud
yt
befo
re you hath bine reher
sed
1149May
sygnifye
sum further meaning if it be well
serched
1150Such is the fa
shyon of the wo
rlde now a dayes
1151That the
symple inno
saintes ar deluded
1152And an hund
red thou
sand diuers wayes
1153By
suttle and cra
ftye meanes
shamefullie abu
sed
1154And by
strenth fo
rce,and vyolence o
ft tymes compelled
1155To beliue and
saye the moune is made of agrene che
se
1156O
r ells haue great harme,and parcace their lfie le
se
1157And an olde
saying it is that mo
st tymes,myght
1158Fo
rce,
strength,power, & colo
rable
subtlete
1159Dothe opp
re
s
s
e, debare, ouercum and defeate ryght
1160Though the cause
stand neuer
so greatlye again
st equite
1161And
ye
truth therof be
knowẽ fo
r neuer
so
p_fit certantye
1162ye ∧ the poo
re
semple innocent
yt
hath had w
rong ∧ iniury
1163Mu
st call
ye
other his good mai
ster fo
r
shewing hym
such
(marcye)
1165And as it is daylie
syne fo
r fere of ferther di
sp
rofite
1166He mu
st that man his be
st frende and mai
ster call
1167Of whome he neuer receiued any maner benefite
1168And at who
se hand he neuer had any good at all
1169And mu
st graunt, a
ffirme, o
r denye, what
soeuer he
shall
1170He mu
st saye the Croue is whight, yf he be
so
cõmaũded
1171ye and that he him
selfe is into a nother body chaunged
He