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kissing them sorrowfully. With care & wyth kyssyng he carppe3 hem tille, 1980 & fele þryuande þonkke3 he þrat hom to haue, & þay 3elden hym a3ay[n] 3eply þat ilk; They commend him to Christ. Þay bikende hym to Kryst, with ful colde sykynge3. 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 & ly3t he wat3 ladde to his chambre, & blybely bro3t to his bedde, to be at his rest; 3if 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, 3if he wolde, in þo3t; Let him there lie still. Let hym ly3e þere stille, He hat3¹ nere þat he so3t, Be still awhile, and I shall tell how they wrought. 1996 & 3e wyl a whyle be stylle, I schal telle yow how þay wro3t. ¹ wat3 (?).