_Thedurward come seynt Thomas_
_as soone as he myght passe_
_he was not at hur forthfare_
_Therfore he was in moche care_
_he wolde fayne haue be there,_
_yf that goddys wyll hyt were._
_as he thedur toke the way_
_a bryghtnes hym thoght he say._
D (503-10) agrees in thought and rime with F, save in verses 509-10,
which are:
_& as he thedirward went_
_a brightnes he saw in þe firmamente._
625-632, H. Cf. F 681-90:
_To my felows some tokenyng_
_That y was toward thyn endyng_
_lady graunte me my boone_
_Ellys y not what y schall done_
_They will not leue for nothyng_
_That y was at thy berying_
_abowte hur myddyll was a gyrdyll_
_That hur selffe louydd mekyll_
_Of sylke ymade wele wythall_
_adowne to Thomas sche let hyt falle._