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THE KINGIS QUAIR.
126 And straught vnto the presence sodeynly
Off dame Mimf/ue, the pacient goddess^,
Gude hope my gyde led me redily;
To quhom anon, w/t/z dredefull humylnessq
Off my cuwmyng the cause I gan expresse,
And all the processe hole, vnto the end,
Off venzw charge, as likit hir to send-
127 Off quhich ryg/zt thus hir ansuere was w href:
“ My son, I haue wele herd, and vnderstond,
Be thy reherse, the matere of thy gref,
And thy request to procure, and to fonde
Off thy pe«nance sum confort at my bond,
Be counsele of thy lady vem/e clere,
To be w/t/z hir thyne help In this matere.
128 Bot in this case thou sail wele knawe and witt,
Thou may thy hert[e] ground on suich a wise,
That thy laboure will be bot lytill quit;
And thou may set It In [an]othir wise,
That wil be to the grete worschip and prise,
And gif thou durst vnto that way enclyne,
I will the geve my lore and disciplyne.
129 Lo, my gude sone, this Is als mich to seyne,
As, gif thy lufe sett alluterly
Of nyce lust, thy trauail is in veyne ;
And so the end sail turne of thy folye
To payne and repentance; lo, wate thou quhy?
Gif the ne list on lufe thy ventew set,
Vertu sail be the cause of thy forfet.
130 Tak him before In all thy gouemance,
That in his hand the stere has of 30U all,
And pray vnto his hye pnrueyance,