318 FORTUNE. MS. I. 3. 21, CAMBR. (8) (III. 2) Le respounce de fortune countre le pleintif Thow pynchest at my mutabylyte For .I. the lente a drope of my rychesse 57 (9) (III. 3) Le pleintif Lo excussyoun of the maieste þat al purueyeth of his ryhtwysnesse that same thinge fortune clepyn ye Ye blynde beestys ful of lewednesse the heuene hath proprete of sykyrnesse this world hath euer resteles trauayle thy laste day is ende of myn inter[e]sse in general this rewele may nat fayle 65 68 72 (10) Lenuoy de fortune (-esse, -eyne) 73 Lat nat this man on me thus crye and pleyne 76 at my requeste as thre of yow or tweyne pat but yow lest releue hym of hys peyne preyeth hys best frend of his noblesse That to som betere estat he may attayne 79 320 PURSE. FAIRFAX MS. 16. PURSE. [Fairfax MS. 16, leaf 193.] ¶ The complaynt of Chaucer to his Purse (1) To yow my purse / and to noon) other wight' (2) Now voucheth-sauf this day / or hyt be nyght' (3) that ben to me / my lyves lyght nota 1 4 [leaf 193, back] 11 14 15 Now purse And saveour/as doun) in this worlde here Oute of this tovne / helpe me thurgh your myght' Syn that ye wole nat bene / my tresorere 18 For I am shave as nye / as is a ffrere But yet I pray/vnto your curtesye ¶ Lenvoy de Chaucer./ O conquerour of Brutes albyon Whiche that by lygne / and free eleccion) Been verray kynge / this song to yow I sende Director: F. J. FURNIVALL, Esq., 3, St George's Square, London, N.W. Treasurer: H. B. WHEATLEY, Esq., 5, Minford Gardens, West Kensington Park, W. Hon. Sec.: W. A. DALZIEL, Esq., 67, Victoria Rd., Finsbury Park, London, N. Bankers: THE UNION BANK OF LONDON, Head Office, Princes Street, E.C, Publishers: N. TRÜBNER AND Co., 57 & 59, Ludgate Hill, London, E.C. 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