Therfore I praye every man, 1365 Of my wryting have me excused." This wryting wryteth the Pellican, That thus these people hath dispysed; For I am, fresh, fully advysed, I nill not maynteyn his manace. 1370 For the devell is +oft disguysed, To bringe a man to yvell grace. Wyteth the Pellican, and not me, For herof I nil not avowe, In hy ne in low, ne in no degrè, 1375 But as a fable take it ye mowe. To holy churche I will me bowe; Ech man to amende him, Christ send space! And for my wryting me alowe He that is almighty, for his grace.' 1380 FINIS. _From_ Thynne (ed. 1542). _I give rejected spellings._ 1. Ploweman; plowe. 3. eate ynowe. 4. lyge; chynne. 5. cowe. 6. bone; skynne. 7. shoke; -drowe. 8. honge; pynne. 9. toke; tabarde; staffe. 12. pylgremage; platte. 13. bare. 14. forswatte. 15. sene. 17. behelde wele. 18. sawe. 19. knewe; snoute. 23. coulde; loute. 27. plowe. 28. meate. 29. auowe. 30. wyfe; fynde. 31. howe. 32. leude; bene; full (_read_ fully; _see_ l. 24); blynde. 33. fayne. 34. her; _supply_ to; swet. 35. agayne. 36. eate. 37. The (_for_ They; 1550, They); sayne. 38. hell. 39. payne. 41. her. 42. sayne. 43. corne. 44. speaketh. 45. preache. 46. nere; thynge. 47. ons (1550, ones); teache. 48. preachynge. 49. Saye; the. 51. praye; noman. 52. Whyle; tellynge. COLOPHON: fyrst parte. 53. stryfe. 55. bene. 57. great; vngrounde (!). 58. souble (_error for_ souple). 60. foule. 61. one. 63. freers. 64. great. 65. heuyn. 68. foule mought. 70. _Supply_ al; prease. 71. caytyffes. 72. one; encrease. 73. I-clepeth (!); londlese. 74. bene. 75. peace. 76. foule. 78. knowe. 79. trauayle. 80. ferre. 82. wodde. 83. sawe. 85. one. 86. grymme. 89. measure. 90. counsayle. 91. sharpe. 92. foule. 93. preache. 94. mekenesse. 95. teache. 96. blesse. 97. beareth wytnesse. 98. lambe; lykeneth. 99. tokenynge. 103. lowlyche; lowe. 105. crowne; couetours (_read_ covertours). 106. pylloure (_for_ pelure). 107. great treasours. 108. foule. 109. Preests shulde. 111. bateyle shulde. 112. her owne. 113. syttynges; hye. 114. souerayntie; house. 115. worshippe. 116. Who so (_omit_ so); foule shall. 117. suche. 118. erthlye. 119. suche shall. 120. y-buylden her boure. 122. them to hem; _supply_ be. 123. holde; one. 124. suche one shall (_om._ one). 125. peeres. 127. poore freers. 128. Nowe. 129. her. 130. noman; permagall. 131. Whyle; her. 132. suche; mote. 134. glytterande; great araye. 136. co_m_men; maye; gaye. 137. daye. 138. great. 139. baye. 140. suche; mote. 141. punyshed (!); _see_ l. 143. 142. sustayne. 144. her. 147. leude. 148. Suche; foule them befall (_see_ ll. 156, 164).