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Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

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in. (a) LONDON LYCKPENY. 2713 Then in<strong>to</strong> Cornhyll anon I yode,Where was mutch s<strong>to</strong>len gere amongeI saw where honge myne owne hoode,That I had lost amonge <strong>the</strong> throngeTo by my own hood I thought it wronge,I knew it well as I dyd my crede,But for lack <strong>of</strong> mony Icould not spede.14 The Taverner <strong>to</strong>oke me by <strong>the</strong> sieve,'Sz'r,' sayth he, wyll you our wyne assay V'I answered, ' that can not mutch me greveA peny can do no more <strong>the</strong>n it may ;'I drank a pynt & for it dyd payeYet sore a-hungerd horn <strong>the</strong>nce I yede,And, wantyng mony, I cold not spede.15 Then hyed I me <strong>to</strong> Belyngsgate,And one cryed, hoo ' ! go we hence !'I prayd a barge-man, for gods sake,That he wold spare me my expence.'Thou scapst not here/ (\uodi he, ' vnder ij pence :I lyst not yet bes<strong>to</strong>w my Almes dede.'Thus, lackyng mony, I could not speede.16 Then I convayd me in<strong>to</strong> Kent,For <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> law wold I meddle no moreBecause no man <strong>to</strong> me <strong>to</strong>oke entent,I dyght me <strong>to</strong> do as I dyd before.Now Jesus, that in Bethle?/z was bore,Save london, and send trew lawyers <strong>the</strong>re mede !For who so want«?j" mony wz'th th^m shall not spede !Explicit London Lyckpeny.

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