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Folio 136 Verso
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they well gyue gyfftes / with you and yours dwell •
pees vnyte / plente and habundaunce1 •
so that fortune maye them not repell •
not them renewe / thorow ther variaunce •
grauntynge also / perseueraunce constaunce •
to you presentynge / yff yow list aduerte •
aye by encresse Ioye and gladnesse of hert •
To your hyghnes / they giue the freshe olyue •
by pees toxyle / awaye all heuynesse •
prosperytie during all your lyue •
and Iuno sent you most Excellent richesse •
Loue of all people grounded in stabellnes •
with that this reffete / yff you list aduert •
Ay by Encresse Ioye and gladnese of hart •
Ceres also sent / foulsumnes •
ffrom yere to yeare in your court tabyde •
aduersyte shall ther / noon manase •
but care and sorowe / for euer sett asyd •
happ helth and grace chosen to be your gyde •
and with all this present giue aduerte •
Ay by Encresse Ioye gladness of harte •
lenvoye
Lenyoye •
prynce excellent of your benignyte •
taketh thees gyfftes / sent to your hygh noblenesse •
Ius2 hygh feest from thes yche three •
pees with your leges / plente with gladnesse •
at bacus Iuno and ceres bere wytnesse •
to you pryncesse also yff ye aduerte •
Ay by encresse Ioye gladnesse of harte fynis3 •
Notes
  1. Both here and the word 'vnyte' earlier in the line are boxed on the right. ↩
  2. This appears to be a scribal error, perhaps from a poorly-formed exemplar. The E.E.T.S. edition has "Þis," suggesting that the scribe misread the exemplar. ↩
  3. "fynis" is written here in a different color of ink, and is also bracketed on the right side. ↩

The work on this manuscript witness was generously sponsored by a ZKS-Lendrum Fellowship in the Scientific Study of Manuscripts and Inscriptions at the Institute for Medieval and Early Modern Studies at Durham University. The transcription of this work is owned by the editor and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. The images are (c) British Library Board (British Library Additional MS 29729) and rights are reserved.