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ffor which / this Markys / wroghte in this manere
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He cam allone a nyght ther as she lay
With steerne face / and with ful trouble cheere
And seyde thus / Grisilde quod he that day
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That I yow took out of youre poure array
And putte yow in estat of heigh noblesse
Ye haue nat that forgeten as I gesse
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¶ I seye Grisilde / this present dignitee
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In which þat I haue put yow / as I trowe
Maketh yow / nat foryetful for to be
That I yow took in poure estat ful lowe
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ffor any wele / ye mote your seluen knowe
Tak hede of euery word / þat I yow seye
Ther is no wight þat hereth it but we tweye
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¶ Ye woot your self wel / how þat ye cam heere
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In to this hous / it is nat longe ago
And thogh to me / þat ye be lief and deere
Vn to my gentils / ye be no thyng so
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They seyn / to hem / it is greet shame & wo
ffor to be subgitz / and been in seruage
To thee / that born art of a smal village
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¶ [An [Rats.] [folio 180b] ]d namely / sith thy doghter was ybore
Thise wordes / han they spoken doutelees
But I desire / as I haue doon bifore
To lyue my lyf with hem / in reste and pees
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I may nat in this cas be recchelees
I moot doon with thy doghter / for the beste
Nat as I wolde / but as my peple leste
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¶ And yet god woot this is ful looth to me
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But nathelees / with outen youre wityng
I wol nat doon / but this wol I quod he
That ye to me assente / as in this thyng
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