Ye shall not find in me suche insolence.

Ay? what is this? may ye not suffer sight?

How may ye loke upon the candill-light,

That clere[r] is and hotter than myn y?

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And yet ye seid, the bemes perse and frete:—

How shall ye than the candel-[l]ight endry?

For wel wot ye, that hath the sharper hete.

And there ye bid me you correct and bete,

If ye offend,—nay, that may not be doon: