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.


XXIV. THE COURT OF LOVE.

With timerous hert and trembling hand of drede,

Of cunning naked, bare of eloquence,

Unto the flour of port in womanhede

I write, as he that non intelligence