This poem runs from folio 250r
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1 I am as I am and so will I be
2 (h, struck through) Bot how that I am nane knawis trewlie
3 be it evill be it weill be I bund be I fre
4 I am as I am and so will I be
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5 I Leid my lyfe Indifferently
6 I mene na thing bot honesty
7 and thot men Iuge dyuersly
8 I am as I am and so will I be
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9 I do not rew nor ȝit complane
10 baith mirth and sadnes I do refrane
11 and vse the folkis þat ca[n] not fane
12 I am as I am be it plesor or pane
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13 Diu[er]ss do Iuge as thay trow
14 Sum of plesour & sum of wo
15 ȝit for all that no thing thay knaw
16 I am as I am quhair evir I go
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17 Bot sen þat Iugeris do tak þat wey
18 Lat every ma[n] his Iugeme[n]t say
19 I will it tak in sport and pley
20 ffor I am as I am quha evir sa nay
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21 Quha Iugeis weill weill god him send
22 Quha Iugeis evill god thame amend
23 To Iuge þe best þ[er]foir intend
24 I am as I am and so will I end
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25 ȝit sum þair be þat takis delyt (to, struck through)
26 To juge folkis (for, struck through) thot for Inwy & spyt
27 Bot quhiddir thay juge me (for, struck through) wra[n]g or ryt
28 I am as I am and so will I wryt
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29 Praying ȝow all that this dois reid
30 To trest it as ȝe do ȝour creid
31 and not to think þat I chenge my weid
32 I am as I am how evir I speid
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33 Bot how þat is I leif to ȝow
34 Iuge as ȝe list owdir fals or trew
35 ȝe knaw no moir tha[n] afoir ȝe knew
36 I am as I am quhat evir eschew
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37 And frome this mynd I will not fle
38 Bot to ȝow all þat misiugeis me
39 I do protest as ȝe may se
40 That I am as I am and so will I be
Ffinis
Author: Unkown
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