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Make no stroglynge/com forthe soberly
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For it shall not auayle the I say
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¶Mary that shall we trye/euen strayt way
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I defy the churle preeste/& there be no mo than thou
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I wyll not go with the/ I make god a bow
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We shall se fyrst which is the stronger
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God hath sent me bonys I dothe not fere
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Neybour prat brynge forth that kanue
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And thou syr frere yf thou wylt algatys raue
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¶Nay chorle I the defy
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I shall trouble the fyrst
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Thou shalt go to pryson by and by
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Let me se now do thy worste
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Prat with the pardoner/& the parson with the frere
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¶Helpe helpe neybour prat neybour prat
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In the worship of god/help me som what
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For why I haue inoughe to do my selfe
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Alas for payne I am almoste dede
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The reede blood so ronneth downe about my hede
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Nay and thou canst I pray the helpe me
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Nay by the mas felowe it wyll not be
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I haue more tow on my dystaste/thā I can well spyn
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The cursed frere dothe the upper hand wyn
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Wyll ye leue than/and let us in peace departe
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¶Ye by our lady/euen with all our hearte
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¶Than adew to the deuyll tyll we come agayn
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Imprynted by Wyllyam Rastell the.6.day
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of Apryll/the yere of our lorde.M.
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¶Cum priuilegio.
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[A pencil note in the lower right hand corner reads, "X60582"]
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