Retraction
1082: Now preye I to hem alle that herkne this 
1082: Litel tretys or rede, that if ther be any thynge 
1082: In it that liketh hem, that therof they thanken 
1082: Oure lord jhesu crist, of whom procedeth al 
1083: Wit and al goodnesse./ And if ther be any 
1083: Thyng that displese hem, I preye hem also that 
1083: They arrette it to the defaute of myn unkonnynge, 
1083: and nat to my wyl, that wolde ful fayn 
1084: Have seyd bettre if I hadde had konnynge./ 
1084: For oure book seith, al that is writen is writen 
1085: For our doctrine, and that is myn entente./ 
1085: Wherfore I biseke yow mekely, for the mercy 
1085: Of go, that ye preye for me that crist have 
1086: Mercy on me and foryeve me my giltes;/ and 
1086: Namely of my translacions and enditynges of 
1086: Worldly vanitees, the whiche I revoke in 
1087: My retracciouns:/ as is the book of troilus; 
1087: the book also of fame; the book of 
1087: The xxv. Ladies; the book of the duchesse; 
1087: The book of seint valentynes day of the parlemen 
1087: of briddes; the tales of counterbury, 
1088: Thilke that sownen into synne;/ the book of the 
1088: Leoun; and many another book. If they were 
1088: In my remembrance, and many a song and 
1088: Many a leccherous lay; that crist for his grete 
1089: Mercy foryeve me the synne./ But of the translacion 
1089: of boece de consolacione, and othere 
1089: Bookes of legendes of seintes, and omelies and 
1090: Moralitee, and devocioun./ That thanke I oure 
1090: Lord jhesu crist and his blisful mooder, and 
1091: Alle the seintes of hevene,/ bisekynge hem that 
1091: They from hennes forth unto my lyves ende 
1091: Sende me grace to biwayle my giltes, and to 
1091: Studie to the salvacioun of my soule, and 
1091: Graunte me grace of verray penitence, confessioun 
1091: and satisfaccioun to doon in this 
1092: Present lyf,/ thurgh the benigne grace of 
1092: Hym that is kyng of kynges and preest 
1092: Over alle preestes, that boghte us with the 
1093: Precious blood of his herte;/ so that is may 
1093: Been oon of hem at the day of doom that shulle 
1093: Be saved. Qui cum patre et spiritu sancto vivit 
1093: Et regnat deus per omnia secula. Amen.