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asks for work; the The stuard began fast to knocke, THE STEWARD
wife throws it The wyfe ?rew hym a swyngelyng stocke, IS OBLIGED
him, Hys mete ?erwyth to wy{n)}; TO WORK 387
Sche brought a swyngy{l~l} att ?e last, AFTER ALL.
"Good syres," sche seyd, "swyngyll_e_ on fast;
For no ?ing that ye blynne." 390
Sche gaue hy{m)} a stocke to sytt vppo{n)},
And seyd "syres, ?is werke must nedys be done,
A{l~l} that that ys here y{n)}." 393
[leaf 183, back] The stuard toke vp a stycke to saye,
and steward and "Sey, seye, swyngy{l~l} bett_er_ yf ye may,
Lord are both Hytt wy{l~l} be the bett_er_ to spynne." 396
spinning away Were ?e lord neu_er_ so gret,
to earn their Yet was he fayne to werke for hys mete
dinner, Though he were neu_er_ so sadde; 399
Butt ?e stuard ?at was so stowde,
Was fayne to swyngell_e_ ?e scales owte,
Ther-of he was nott glad. 402
while the Lord's The lordys meyne ?at were att home
people cannot make Wyst nott where he was bycome,
out what has They were fu{l~l} sore adrad. 405
become of him.
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