. The old cryes of London. l i come. by fore a Juge I kneled anon, I prayd hym, for gods sake he would take hede, full rewfully to hym I gan make my mone ; for lacke of money I may not spede/ benethe hym set clerks, a great Rowt, fast they writen by one assent ; there stode vp one, and crycd round about, Richard, Robert, and one of Kent. I wist not wele what he ment, he cried so thike there in dedc. there were stronge theves shamed & shent, but they that lacked money mowght not spede/ vnto the comon place y yowde thoo, where sat one with a sylken houde ; I dyd hym reverence as me ought to do,
. The old cryes of London. l i come. by fore a Juge I kneled anon, I prayd hym, for gods sake he would take hede, full rewfully to hym I gan make my mone ; for lacke of money I may not spede/ benethe hym set clerks, a great Rowt, fast they writen by one assent ; there stode vp one, and crycd round about, Richard, Robert, and one of Kent. I wist not wele what he ment, he cried so thike there in dedc. there were stronge theves shamed & shent, but they that lacked money mowght not spede/ vnto the comon place y yowde thoo, where sat one with a sylken houde ; I dyd hym reverence as me ought to do, I tolde hym my case, as well as I coude, and seyd, all my goods, by nowrd and by sowde, I am defrawdyd with great falshed ; he would not geve me a momme * of his mouthe,— for lake of money, I may not spede/ 1 Except for the modernized punctuation, the expansion ot contractions, and thesubstitution of th for ji(th), the text is as written by Stowe. Stowe has lent ; probably a slip of the pen. 3 attained. 4 a sound. OF. New Oy - sters, new wall-fleete Oy - sters. Then I went me vnto the Rollis, before the clerks of the chauncerie ; there were many qui tollis, but I herd no man speke of me. before them I knelyd vpon my kne, shevvyd them myne evidence, & they began to reade ; they seyde trewer thinge might there nevar be, but for lacke of money I may not spede/ In Westminster hall I found one went in a longe gowne of Ray ; I crowched, I kneled before them anon ; for marys love, of helpe I gan them pray. 1 striped cloth. OF as he had be wrothe, he voyded away bakward, his hand he gan me byd ; I wot not what thow menest, gan he say, ley downe sylvar, or here thow may not spede / In all westminstar hall I could find nevar a onethat for me would do, thowghe I shuld dye ;with out the dores, were flemings grete woon,1vpon me fast they gan to cryand sayd, mastar, what will ye copen or by,fine felt halts, spectacles for to rede —of this gay gere, a great cawse why,for lake of money I m
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