¶ But in asmoche as it is now soo. ¶ That ye hym here haue as your prysonere ¶ I shall shew my compleynt soo. ¶ wherfore I pray you that ye wyll here. ¶ And let hy{m} not escape out of your daungere. ¶ Tyl he haue made full sethe & recompence ¶ For hurt of my name thrugh his grete offe{n}ce ¶ Fyrst to begyn this Colus hath ofte. ¶ Made me to retorne mi course agein nature. ¶ wyth his grete blastes whan he hath be alofte ¶ And charged me to labour fer out of mesure ¶ {that} it was grete merueyl how I might endure Original has ¶ The com of my swete wyll testyfy. gtete ¶ That on the se bankes lye beten full hye. instead of grete ¶ Secundly where my nature is. ¶ Both to eb & flowe a[n]d so thy course to kepe. ¶ Ofte of myne entent hath he made me mys ¶ where as I shulde haue fylled dykes depe. ¶ At a full water I myght not theder crepe. ¶ Before my season came to returne ageyn. ¶ And than went I faster than i wold certayn ¶ Thus he hath me dryuen ayen myn entente ¶ And contrary to my course naturall. ¶ where I shuld haue be he made me absente ¶ To my grete dyshonour & in especyall. ¶ Do thynge he vsed that worst was of all. ¶ For where I my sauegard graunted ¶ Ay in that coste he comonly haunted ¶ Of very pure malyce and sylfwyll. ¶ Theym to destroy in dyspyte of me. ¶ To whome I promised both in gode & yll. ¶ For to be her protectour in all aduersyte. ¶ That to theym shulde fall vpon the se. ¶ And euen sodenly or they coud beware ¶ wyth a sodeyn pyry he lapped theym in care. ¶ And full oft syth wyth hys boystous blaste. ¶ Or they myght be war{e} he drof he{m} on {the} sond ¶ And other whyle he brake top sayl & maste. ¶ which caused thei{m} to peryssh or thei ca{m} to lond ¶ Then cursed they the tyme {that} euer thei me fa{n}d ¶ Thus amonge the people lost is my name. ¶ And so by his labour put I am to blame. Original has ¶ Consyder this mater and ponder my case. sencence ¶ Tender my compleynt as rygure requyreth instead of ¶ Shew forth youre sentence {with} a breef clause sentence ¶ I may not longe tary the tyme fast expyreth Original has ¶ The offence is grete wherfore it desyreth. erpyreth ¶ The more greuous payn and hasty iugeme{n}t instead of ¶ For offence don wylfully wyl non auysement expyreth