On the Makaloa Mat LondonJack Published bbaahjyl

john9221

Thurgh hemthei be noght excusable.
And thus be lawe resonable 1030
Among the wise jugges there
The Prestes bothe dampned were
So that the prive tricherie
Hid under fals Ipocrisie
Was thanne al openliche schewed
46
That many a man hem hath beschrewed.
And whan the Prestes weren dede
The temple of thilke horrible dede
Thei thoghten purgeand thilke ymage
Whos cause was the pelrinage1040
Thei drowen out and als so faste
Fer into Tibre thei it caste
Wher the Rivere it hath defied:
And thus the temple purified
Thei have of thilke horrible Sinne
Which was that time do therinne.
Of this point such was the juise
Bot of the Duck was other wise:
For he with love was bestad
His dom was noght so harde lad; 1050
For Love put reson aweie
And can noght se the rihte weie.
And be this cause he was respited
So that the deth him was acquited
Bot for al that he was exiled
For he his love hath so beguiled
That he schal nevere come ayein:
For who that is to trowthe unplein
He may noght failen of vengance.
And ek to take remembrance 1060
Of that Ypocrisie hath wroght
On other halfmen scholde noght
To lihtly lieve al that thei hiere
Bot thanne scholde a wisman stiere
Th [link widoczny dla zalogowanych]