Ar ȝe agrewit? or quhat treſſpas have I 1312
Co{m}mytit, ſo that I ſhal yow diſples?”
[Headnote: AMYTANS REPROVES ARTHUR.]
[Sidenote: He replies, “It is not against me, but against thyself.]
Quod he, “no thing It is ayane myn eß,
But only {con}trare of thi-ſelf alway;
So fare the courß yow paſſith of the way. 1316
[Sidenote: Thy ship is almost drowned in the whirlpool.]
Thi ſchip, that goth apone the ſtormy vall,
Ney of thi careldis in the ſwelf it fall,
Whar ſhe almoſt is in the p{er}ell drent;
That is to ſay, yow art ſo far myſwent 1320
Of wykitneß vpone the vrechit dans,
That yow art fallyng in the storng[T29] vengans
[Sidenote: That is, God’s wrath shall soon devour thee.]
Of goddis wreth, that ſhal the ſon deuour;
For of his ſtrok approchit now the hour 1324
That boith thi Ringe, thi ceptre, {and} thi crovñ,
Frome hie eſtat he ſmyting ſhal adoune.
And that accordith well, for in thi tho{ch}t
[Sidenote: Because thou knowest Him not, who set thee up in this
high estate,]
Yow knawith not hyme, the wich that haith the wro{ch}t, 1328
And ſet the vp in to this hie eſtat
From powert; for, as the-ſelwyne wat,
It cu{m}myth al bot only of his myght,
And not of the, nor of thi eld{er}is Richt 1332
To the diſcending, as in heritage,
[Sidenote: though not begotten in spousage.]
For yow was not byget in to spouſag.
Wharfor yow aucht his biding to obſerf, [Fol. 17b.]
And at thy my{ch}t yow ſhuld hyme pleß {and} ſerf; 1336
That dois yow nat, for yow art ſo confuſſit
With this fals warld, that thow haith hyme Refuſit,
And brokine haith his reul and ordynans,
The wich to the he gave in gou{er}nans. 1340
[Footnote T29: So in MS. Is it necessary to alter it to
“strong”?]
[Headnote: THE TYRANNY OF KINGS.]
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