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< 373r Cx1: Folio 373v; The Retraction 1007-1018   Go to Cx2
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1007NOw pray I to hem alle that herkene this litil tretyse  
 or rede / that yf ther be ony thing that liketh hem / that  
 therof they thanke our lord Ihesu Crist of whom procedeth  
 al wit & goodnes / 1008 And yf ther be ony thing that displese  
 hem I praye hem also that they arette it to the defaute of myn  
 vnconnyng1009 For our book saith / al that is writen / is writen  
 for our doctrine1010 And that is myn entent / wherfore I beseke  
 you mekely for the mercy of god / that ye for me praye that  
 crist haue mercy on me & foryeue me my giltis / 1011 and namely  
 of my translacions of worldly vanytees / the whiche I reuoke  
 in my retractions / 1012 as is the book of troylus / the book also of  
 fame / the book of xxv . ladies / the book of þe duchesse / the book  
 of seynt valentyns day of the parlament of bredis / the talis  
 of Caunterbury tho that sownyn vnto synne / 1013 the book of the  
 lyon and many other bokis yf they were in my remembrance  
 and many a songe & many a lecherous laye that crist of his  
 grete mercy foryeue me the synne / 1014 But of the translacion of  
 Boece de cōsolōne & other bookis as of legendis of saintis  
 and omelies. moralite. and deuocioun / 1015 that thanke I of our  
 lord Ihesu crist & his blessid moder & all the saintis of heuene  
 1016 Beseching hem that they from hensforth vnto my liuys ende  
 sende me grace to bewayle my giltis that it may stande vnto  
 the sauacioun of my soule / & graunte me grace of verrey repen-  
 tance / confession / and satisfaction to doo in this present lif /  
 1017 thurgh the benigne grace of hym that is kynge of kyngis &  
 preest of alle preestis that bought vs with the precyous blood  
 of his herte / 1018 so that I may be one of hem at the day of dome  
 that shal be sauid . Qui cum patre et spiritu sancto viuit et regnat  
 deus . Per omnia secula seculorum Amen.

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