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Oonly that point his peple bar so soore
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That flokmeele on a day / they to hym wente [¶ Cateruatim]
And oon of hem / that wisest was of loore
Or elles / that the lord / best wolde assente
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That he sholde telle hym / what his peple mente
Or elles / koude he shewe wel swich mateere
He to the Markys / seyde as ye shul heere
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¶ O noble Markys / youre humanitee [¶ Tua inquid humanitas optime Marchio]
Asseureth vs / to yeue vs hardinesse
As ofte / as tyme is of necessitee
That we to yow / mowe telle oure heuynesse
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Accepteth lord / now for youre gentillesse
That [id] we with pitous herte / vn-to yow pleyne
And lat youre eres / nat my voys desdeyne
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Al haue I noght to doone / in this mateere
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Moore than another man / hath in this place
Yet for as muche / as ye my lord so deere
Han alwey / shewed me / fauour and grace
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I dar the bettre / aske of yow a space
Of Audience / to shewen oure requeste
And ye my lord / to doon right as yow leste
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ffor certes lord / so wel vs liketh yow
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And al youre werk/ and euere han doon / þat we?
Ne koude nat vs self deuysen how?
We myghte lyuen / in moore felicitee
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Saue o thyng lord / if youre wille be
That for to been a wedded man yow leste
Thanne were youre peple / in souereyn hertes reste
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Boweth youre nekke / vnder that blisful yok /
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Of soueraynetee / noght of seruyse
Which þat men clepeth / spousaille or wedlok
And thenketh lord / among youre thoghtes wyse
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