Chapter XXXIV

[A] With care & wyth kyssyng he carppe3 hem tille,
1980 & fele þryuande þonkke3 he þrat hom to haue,
& þay 3elden hym a3ay[n] 3eply þat ilk;
[B] Þay bikende hym to Kryst, with ful colde sykynge3.
[C] Syþen fro þe meyny he menskly de-partes;
1984 Vche mon þat he mette, he made hem a þonke,
For his seruyse, & his solace, & his sere pyne,
Þat þay wyth busynes had ben, aboute hym to serue;
& vche segge as sore, to seuer with hym þere,
1988 As þay hade wonde worþyly with þat wlonk euer.
[D] Þen with ledes & ly3t he wat3 ladde to his chambre,
& blybely bro3t to his bedde, to be at his rest;
3if he ne slepe soundyly, say ne dar I,
1992 [E] For he hade muche on þe morn to mynne, 3if he wolde,
in þo3t;
[F] Let hym ly3e þere stille,
He hat3[1] nere þat he so3t,
1996 [G] & 3e wyl a whyle be stylle,
I schal telle yow how þay wro3t.

[Sidenote A: kissing them sorrowfully.] [Sidenote B: They commend him to Christ.] [Sidenote C: He then departs, thanking each one he meets "for his service and solace."] [Sidenote D: He retires to rest but sleeps but little,] [Sidenote E: for much has he to think of on the morrow.] [Sidenote F: Let him there lie still.] [Sidenote G: Be still awhile, and I shall tell how they wrought.] [Footnote 1: wat3 (?).]

[FYTTE THE FOURTH.]