I am as I am and so will I be
I am as I am and so will I be
(h, struck through) Bot how that I am nane
knawis trewlie
be it evill be it weill be I bund be I fre
I am as I am and so will I be
I Leid my lyfe Indifferently
I mene na thing bot honesty
and thot men Iuge dyuersly
I am as I am and so will I be
I do not rew nor ȝit complane
baith mirth and sadnes I do refrane
and vse the folkis þat ca[n] not fane
I am as I am be it plesor or pane
Diu[er]ss do Iuge as thay trow
Sum of plesour & sum of wo
ȝit for all that no thing thay knaw
I am as I am quhair evir I go
Bot sen þat Iugeris do tak þat wey
Lat every ma[n] his Iugeme[n]t say
I will it tak in sport and pley
ffor I am as I am quha evir sa nay
Quha Iugeis weill weill god him send
Quha Iugeis evill god thame amend
To Iuge þe best þ[er]foir intend
I am as I am and so will I end
ȝit sum þair be þat takis delyt (to, struck
through)
To juge folkis (for, struck through)
thot for Inwy & spyt
Bot quhiddir thay juge me (for, struck through)
wra[n]g or ryt
I am as I am and so will I wryt
Praying ȝow all that this dois reid
To trest it as ȝe do ȝour creid
and not to think þat I chenge my weid
I am as I am how evir I speid
Bot how þat is I leif to ȝow
Iuge as ȝe list owdir fals or trew
ȝe knaw no moir tha[n] afoir ȝe knew
I am as I am quhat evir eschew
And frome this mynd I will not fle
Bot to ȝow all þat misiugeis me
I do protest as ȝe may se
That I am as I am and so will I be
Ffinis
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