Takamiya_MS_24

As ye hav herde yit to you alle I pray Blameth me nou[gh]t for as in my sentence Whul ye nowher fynde difference From the sentence of this tretice li[gh]t Aftir the wich this meri tale I write And therfor herkeneth whit that I shal sey And let me telle all my tale I prey

Hic definit fabula de Sir Thopas Et hic Incipit fabula de Melibeus

A yonge man callid Melibe mi[gh]ti and riche begat upon his wif that callid was prudence / a dou[gh]ter wich that callid was Sophie / upon a day befell that he for his disport is went in to the feldes him to pleie / his wif and eke his dou[gh]ter hath he last within his hous / of ich the dores weren fast I shet/. thre of his olde foos hav it espied and setten ladders to the walles of his hous and by windowes ben yentred and anf beten his wif & wounded his dou[gh]ter in V mortall woundes in V places sondri / this is to sain in her fete in her handes / in her eres / in her nose / & in her mought / and leften hir for ded & wenten awey / whan Melibeus retorned was in to his hous & saw al this mischef