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Folio 141 Verso
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gaue him1 water vnto hys handes •
and phebus2 held him the towayle •
but of this dreme the devynaile •
his daughter gaue to specyfye •
and for to forne to prophesye •
whych called leryopee3 •
she sayde he shuld an hanged be •
this was hir exposicyouny4 •
loo how hir pryde was brought adoun •
and all thos chaunges / yf they be sought •
this falls lady hath them wrought •
aualed with ther sodayne shures •
the worthy[n]esse5 of conqueroures •
rede of poetes the comedyes •
and in dyuers tragedyes •
ye shall by lamentacyons •
ffynden ther distruccyons •
athousande mo / than I can tell •
Inn to myscheffe how they fell •
doune from hir wheell / on see and lande •
yet for hir malys / to withstand6 •
hir pompe hir surquydye / hir pryd •
yf she woll / a whyle abyd •
foure ladyes shall come here anon •
whicħ shall hir power / ouergone •
and the malyce / eke oppresse •
of this blynd falls goddesse •
yff she be hardy in this place •
onys for to show hir double face •
Now kometh here the first lady of the foure dame prudence7 •
Loo here this lady in your presence •
of poetes called is dame prudence8 •
the whych / with hir merour bright •
and hyr myrrour called prouydence9 •
Is stronge to make resistence •
In hur foresight as it is right •
agayngst fortune / and all hur myght •
ffor senec10 sayth who that can se •
that prudence11 hath eyegħon thre •
speciallye in hur lokynges •
Notes
  1. This could be "hys," but comparison with "his" beginning the fourth line on this page suggests that it's meant as "him," especially when the latter is compared with "hys" on this line. ↩
  2. Bracketed on both sides. ↩
  3. Bracketed on both sides. ↩
  4. As with other items in this witness a "y" or "h" appears as the final glyph of words with the "oun" ending. However, unlike with other examples the "y" appears to have been struck out here. ↩
  5. The scribe forgot the "n", and has included it above the space between "y" and "e" in this word. ↩
  6. Trinity R.3.20 has "Þer-fore" rather than "yet" here. ↩
  7. Bracketed on both sides. ↩
  8. Bracketed on the left. ↩
  9. Bracketed on both sides. ↩
  10. Bracketed on the left. ↩
  11. Bracketed on both sides. ↩

The work on this manuscript witness was generously supported 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.