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Ther kan no man / in humblesse hym acquite
As wommen kan / ne kan be half so trewe
As wommen been / but it be falle of newe
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¶ ffro Boloigne / is this Erl of Pavyk come
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Of which the fame vp sprong to moore & lesse
And to the peples erys / alle and some
Was kouth eek/ þat a newe Markisesse
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He with hym broghte / in swich pompe & richesse
That neuere was ther seyn / with mannes eye
So noble array / in al westlumbardye
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¶ The Markys / which þat shoope / and knew al this
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Er that this Erl was come / sente his message
ffor thilke / sely / poure Grisildis
And she with humble herte / and glad visage
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Nat with no swollen thoght in hir corage
Cam at his heste / and on hir knees hir sette
And reuerently / and wysly she hym grette
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¶ Grisilde quod he / my wil is outrely
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This mayden / þat shal wedded been to me
Receyued be tomorwe / as really
As it possible is / in myn hous to be
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And eek/ that euery wight in his degree
Haue his estat in sittyng and seruyse
And heigh plesance / as I kan best deuyse
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[I [Rats.] [folio 187b] ] haue no wommen suffisant certayn
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The chambres for taraye / in ordynance
After my lust and ther fore wolde I fayn
That thyn were / al swich manere gouernance
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Thow knowest eek of old al my plesance
Though thyn array be badde / and yuel biseye
Do thow thy deuoir / at the leeste weye
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