& þenke on childes dede.
al þis wylde wone,
nis hit bote a lone:
her beþ blisse gnede!
to wepen & to grone,
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to make muche mone,
þat we doþ for nede;
ant vnder þe stone
wiþ fleish & wiþ bone
wormes shule we fede."
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"þer y stod in a snowe
wel heȝe vpon a lowe,
y was a wilde mon;
hunten herd y blowe,
hertes gonne rowe:
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stunte me no ston."
"nou hit nis nout so,
y lerne forte go,
& stonde, & syke sore.
my wele is went to wo,
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& so beþ oþer mo,
þat lyued habbeþ ȝore
so liht as y wes þo, [liht, ms. liþt.]
& wilde as eny ro,
er y bygon to hore:
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reuthful is my red;
hou shulde me be gled?
me reweþ swyþe sore."
"wiþ hunger y am feed; [feed: vgl. die Bmk. zu fêden unter "Un|regelmässige Bildungen schwacher Verbalformen".]
heo seiþ y spille breed,
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my wif þat shulde be;
Myn herte is heuy so led,
me were leuere be ded
