-
beloved wife, and Sr
Raynold Bray, knyght, and in my
mooste humble wise
beseche my said
soverayne lorde the kyng and the
quenes grace, my lady the kynges...
-
continues with this end
rhyme in
order to mock Mercy's
ornate speech: I
beseche yow hertyly, leve yowr calcacyon. Leve yowr chaffe, leve yowr corn, leve...
- and unto whom alle
wille spekith, and unto whom no privé
thing is hid: I
beseche thee so for to
clense the
entent of myn
heart with the
unspekable gift...
- in the
matier of the Trinite, if I haue said owt
othir than autentik, I
beseche you all to amen de it,
which þat haue
kunnyng in þat
matier more than haue...
- Gray
howndis and my
Crosbowe with all
things thereto belongyng, And I
beseche hym to
accepte this
lytell gyfte, for if I hade eny
other thinge of pleasure...
