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P, 1 Of hem that writen ous tofore P, 2 The bokes duelle, and we therfore P, 3 Ben tawht of that was write tho: P, 4 Forthi good is that we also P, 5 In oure tyme among ous hiere P, 6 Do wryte of newe som matiere, P, 7 Essampled of these olde wyse P, 8 So that it myhte in such a wyse, P, 9 Whan we ben dede and elleswhere, P, 10 Beleve to the worldes eere P, 11 In tyme comende after this. P, 12 Bot for men sein, and soth it is, P, 13 That who that al of wisdom writ P, 14 It dulleth ofte a mannes wit P, 15 To him that schal it aldai rede, P, 16 For thilke cause, if that ye rede, P, 17 I wolde go the middel weie P, 18 And wryte a bok betwen the tweie, P, 19 Somwhat of lust, somewhat of lore, P, 20 That of the lasse or of the more P, 21 Som man mai lyke of that I wryte: P, 22 And for that fewe men endite P, 23 In oure englissh, I thenke make P, 24 A bok for Engelondes sake, P, 25 The yer sextenthe of kyng Richard. P, 26 What . . .
