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¶ Nat oonly lord / that .I. am glad quod she
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To doon youre lust but .I. desire also
Yow for to serue / and plese in my degree
With outen feyntyng and shal eueremo
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Ne neuere / for no wele / ne no wo
Ne shal the goost withInne myn herte stente
To loue yow best with al my trewe entente
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And with that word / she gan the hous to dighte
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And tables for to sette / and beddes make
And peyned hire / to doon al that she myghte
Preyynge the chambreres / for goddes sake
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To hasten hem / and faste swepe and shake
And she / the mooste seruysable of alle
Hath euery chambre arrayed / and his halle
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¶ Abouten vndren / gan this Erl alighte [folio 103b]
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That with him broghte / thise noble children tweye
ffor which the peple / ran to seen the sighte
Of hire array / so richely biseye
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And thanne at erst amonges hem they seye
That Walter was no fool / thogh þat hym leste
To chaunge his wyf/ for it was for the beste
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ffor she is fairer / as they deemen alle
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Than is Grisilde / and moore tendre of age
And fairer fruyt bitwene hem sholde falle
And moore plesant. for hire heigh lynage
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Hir brother eek/ so faire was of visage
That hem to seen / the peple hath caught plesance
Commendynge now / the Markys gouernance
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O Stormy peple / vnsad / and euere vntrewe [¶ Auctor]
Ay vndiscreet and chaungynge as a vane
Delitynge euere / in rumbul that is newe
ffor lyk the moone / ay wexe ye and wane
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