The Multitext Edition > Oxford, Corpus Christi College MS. 198
The Manciple's Tale
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But he þat haþ myssayd I dar wel sayn
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He may by no way clepe his word agayn
Thing þat is sayde is sayde and forþ it goþ
Though him repente or be him neuer so loþ
He is his þraƚƚ to whom þat he haþ sayd
A tale of which he is now yuele payd
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My sone be war and be nouȝt auctour newe
Of tydynges wheþer þay ben fals or trewe
Wher so þou come amonges heihe or lowe
Kepe wel þy tunge and þenk vpon þe crowe