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But for to speke / of vertuous bountee
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Thanne was she / oon the faireste vnder sonne
ffor poureliche / yfostred vp was she
No likerous lust /was thurgh hire herte yronne
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Wel ofter / of the welle / than of the tonne
She drank/ and for she wolde vertu plese
She knew wel labour/ but noon ydel ese
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But thogh this mayde / tendre were of age
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Yet in the brest of hire virginitee
Ther was enclosed / rype and sad corage
And in greet reuerence / and charitee
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Hir olde poure fader/ fostred shee
A fewe sheepe / spynnynge on feeld she kepte
She wolde noght been ydel til she slepte
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And whan she homward cam / she wolde brynge
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Wortes / or othere herbes / tymes ofte
The whiche she shredde / and seeth for hir lyuynge
And made hir bed / ful harde and no thyng softe
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And ay she kepte / hir fadres lyf on lofte
With euerich obeisaunce and diligence
That child may doon / to fadres reuerence
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¶ Vp on Grisilde / this poure creature
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fful ofte sithe / this Markys caste his eye
As he / on huntyng rood parauenture
And whan þat it fil / þat he myghte hire espye
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He noght/ with wantowne lookyng of folye
Hise eyen caste on hire / but in sad wyse
Vp on hir chiere / he gan hym ofte auyse
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Commendynge in his herte / hir wommanhede [folio 94b]
And eek hir vertu / passynge any wight
Of so yong age / as wel in chiere as dede
ffor thogh the peple / hadde no greet insight
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