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kissing them sorrowfully. With care & wyth kyssyng he carppeȝ hem tille, 1980 & fele þryuande þonkkeȝ he þrat hom to haue, & þay ȝelden hym aȝay[n] ȝeply þat ilk; They commend him to Christ. Þay bikende hym to Kryst, with ful colde sykyngeȝ. He then departs, thanking each one he meets "for his service and solace." Syþen fro þe meyny he menskly de-partes; 1984 Vche mon þat he mette, he made hem a þonke, For his seruyse, & his solace, & his sere pyne, Þat þay wyth busynes had ben, aboute hym to serue; & vche segge as sore, to seuer with hym þere, 1988 As þay hade wonde worþyly with þat wlonk euer. He retires to rest but sleeps but little, Þen with ledes & lyȝt he watȝ ladde to his chambre, & blybely broȝt to his bedde, to be at his rest; ȝif he ne slepe soundyly, say ne dar I, for much has he to think of on the morrow. 1992 For he hade muche on þe morn to mynne, ȝif he wolde, in þoȝt; Let him there lie still. Let hym lyȝe þere stille, He hatȝ¹ nere þat he soȝt, Be still awhile, and I shall tell how they wrought. 1996 & ȝe wyl a whyle be stylle, I schal telle yow how þay wroȝt. ¹ watȝ (?).