John Lydgate,
Chaucerian and Other Pieces — Go forth…
(1897)
“ Trew servant, be dredful, and keep thee under awe, 10 And thou, povre, fy on presumpcioun; Inobedience to youth is utter distruccioun; Remembre you how god hath set you, lo! And do your part, as ye be ordained to. From Th. (Thynne, ed. 1532) ; I give rejected spellings. 1. forthe; the. 2. Bishoppe. 3. Lorde; trewe counsayle. 4. Womanhede. 5. lette. 6. rightous (read rightwis) ; iuge. 7. blysse. 9. relygion. 10. Trewe; dredeful; kepe. 11. poore; presumption. 12. distruction. 13. howe. 14. parte. ”
