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trouthe though I shold lose my necke therefore, I shal not lye ye haue
charged me so sore, yf I knowe it, Thenne saye, knowe ye not where
kriekenpyt standeth, is that in your mynde, the hare saide, I knewe
that wel. xij. yer a goon, wher that stondeth, why aske ye that. It
stondeth in a woode named hulsterlo vpon a warande in the wylder-
nesse, I haue suffred there moche sorowe for hunger and for colde, ye
more than I can telle,’ &c. &c. Sign. d. 4, 5.
The Fox gains his freedom; but is compelled to do pennance at
Rome, ‘ to make him clear of all sins.’ He is whimsically shod on
the occasion:
‘ How ysegrym and his wyf ereswyn muste suffre her shois to be
plucked of, And how reynard dyde on the shoys for to goo to rome
wyth, capitulo xix.
‘ Thus liatli this false pylgrym goten. fro Isegrym ij shooes fro his
feet, whiche were haled of the elawes to the senewis ye sawe neuer
foule that men rosted laye so stylle, as Isegrim dyde, whan his shoes
were haled of, he styred not, and yet his feet bledde, thenne whan
Isegrim was vnshoed, tho muste dame eerswyn his wyf lye down in
the grasse wytli an heuy chere, And she loste ther her hynder shoes, Tho
was the foxe glad and saide to his aunte in scorne, my dere aunte how
moche sorow haue ye suffred for my sake, whiche me sore repenteth,
sauf this, herof I am glad ffor ye be the lyeuest of alle my kyn, ther-
fore 1 wyl gladly were your shoen, ye shal be partener of my pylgre-
mage, and dele of the pardon that I shal with your shoen feeche ouer
the see, dame erswyne was so woo that she vnnethe myght speke,
neuertheless this she sayde, A reynart that ye now al thus haue your
wyl, I pray god to werke it, ysegrym & his felaw the bere holden their
pees and wherin al stylle, they were euyl at ease, ffor they were
bounded and sore wounded had tybert the catte haue ben there, he
shold also somewhat haue suffred, in suche wyse, as he sholde not
escaped thens wythout liurte and shame.’
‘ The next day whan the sonne aroos reynard thenne dyde grece his
shoes whiche he had of ysegrem and erswyn his wyf, and dyde hem on
& bonde hem to his feet, and wente to the kynge & to the quene and
said to hem with a glad chere, noble lord and lady god gyue you good
morow and I desire of your grace that I may haue male and staff
blessyd as belongeth to a pilgrym Thenne the kynge anone, sent for
bellyn the ramme, and whan he cam he saide, Sir bellyn ye shal do
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trouthe though I shold lose my necke therefore, I shal not lye ye haue
charged me so sore, yf I knowe it, Thenne saye, knowe ye not where
kriekenpyt standeth, is that in your mynde, the hare saide, I knewe
that wel. xij. yer a goon, wher that stondeth, why aske ye that. It
stondeth in a woode named hulsterlo vpon a warande in the wylder-
nesse, I haue suffred there moche sorowe for hunger and for colde, ye
more than I can telle,’ &c. &c. Sign. d. 4, 5.
The Fox gains his freedom; but is compelled to do pennance at
Rome, ‘ to make him clear of all sins.’ He is whimsically shod on
the occasion:
‘ How ysegrym and his wyf ereswyn muste suffre her shois to be
plucked of, And how reynard dyde on the shoys for to goo to rome
wyth, capitulo xix.
‘ Thus liatli this false pylgrym goten. fro Isegrym ij shooes fro his
feet, whiche were haled of the elawes to the senewis ye sawe neuer
foule that men rosted laye so stylle, as Isegrim dyde, whan his shoes
were haled of, he styred not, and yet his feet bledde, thenne whan
Isegrim was vnshoed, tho muste dame eerswyn his wyf lye down in
the grasse wytli an heuy chere, And she loste ther her hynder shoes, Tho
was the foxe glad and saide to his aunte in scorne, my dere aunte how
moche sorow haue ye suffred for my sake, whiche me sore repenteth,
sauf this, herof I am glad ffor ye be the lyeuest of alle my kyn, ther-
fore 1 wyl gladly were your shoen, ye shal be partener of my pylgre-
mage, and dele of the pardon that I shal with your shoen feeche ouer
the see, dame erswyne was so woo that she vnnethe myght speke,
neuertheless this she sayde, A reynart that ye now al thus haue your
wyl, I pray god to werke it, ysegrym & his felaw the bere holden their
pees and wherin al stylle, they were euyl at ease, ffor they were
bounded and sore wounded had tybert the catte haue ben there, he
shold also somewhat haue suffred, in suche wyse, as he sholde not
escaped thens wythout liurte and shame.’
‘ The next day whan the sonne aroos reynard thenne dyde grece his
shoes whiche he had of ysegrem and erswyn his wyf, and dyde hem on
& bonde hem to his feet, and wente to the kynge & to the quene and
said to hem with a glad chere, noble lord and lady god gyue you good
morow and I desire of your grace that I may haue male and staff
blessyd as belongeth to a pilgrym Thenne the kynge anone, sent for
bellyn the ramme, and whan he cam he saide, Sir bellyn ye shal do