++“Maist{er},” q{uo}d he, “of yowre beneuolens, Y yow beſech that tueching my{n} offens, Ȝhe wald wichſaif your conſell to me If [Sidenote: Arthur asks how he shall amend,] How I ſal mend, and ek her-eftir leif.” 1392 “Now,” q{uo}d the maiſter, “and I have m{er}well qwhy Yow aſkith conſail, and wil in non affy, Nor wyrk thar-by; and ȝhit yow may In tym, If yow lykith to amend the cryme.” 1396 “Ȝhis,” ſaith the king, “and ſuthfaſtly I will [Sidenote: and promises to fulfil his bidding.] Ȝour ordynans in eu{er}y thing fulfyll.” “And if the liſt at conſail to abide, [Sidenote: The master replies, “Thou must first dread the Lord.] The remed of thi harme to p{ro}uyde-- 1400 Firſt, the begyning is of ſapiens, To dreid the lord and his mag{ni}ficens; And what thow haith in contrar hyme ofendit, Whill yow haith my{ch}t, of fre deſir amend it;[T30] 1404 [Sidenote: Repent thy guilt.] Repent thi gilt, repent thi gret treſpaß, And remembir one goddis richwyſneß; How for to hyme that wykitneß anoyt, And how the way of ſynaris he diſtroit; 1408 And if ye lyk to ryng wnd{er} his peß, Ye wengans of his my{ch}ty hond yow ſeß, This ſchalt yow do, if yow wil be p{er}fit. Firſt, mone yow be penitent and contrit 1412 Of euery thing that tuechith thi conſiens, Done of fre will, or ȝhit of neglygens. [Sidenote: Thy need requireth full contrition.] Thi neid requirith ful contretioune, Princepaly with-out concluſioune; 1416 With humble hart and goſtly byſyneß, Syne ſhalt yow go deuotly the confeß [Sidenote: Confess to some holy confessor.] Ther-of vnto ſum haly confeſſour, That the wil conſail tueching thin arour; 1420 And to fulfill his will and ordynans, [Sidenote: Do penance, and amend all wrong.”] In ſatiſfaccione and doing of penans, And to amend al wrang and al Iniure, By the ydone til euery Creature; 1424 If yow can In to thi hart fynde, [Fol. 18b.] Contretioune well degeſt In to thi mynd. Now go thi weie, for if it leful were, Confeſſioune to me, I ſhuld It here.” 1428 [Footnote T30: MS. “amendit.”] [Headnote: ARTHUR CONFESSES HIS SINS,]