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ffor moore solempne / in euery mannes syght
This feste was / and gretter of costage
Than was / the reuel of hir mariage
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¶ fful many a yeer / in heigh prosperitee
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Lyuen thise two / in concord and in reste
And richely / his doghter maried he
Vn to a lord / oon of the worthyeste
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Of al Ytaille / and thanne in pees and reste
His wyues fader / and his court he kepeth
Til that the soule / out of his body crepeth
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¶ His sone / succedeth in his heritage [folio 190a]
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In reste and pees / after his fader day
And fortunat was eek his mariage
Al putte he nat his wyf in gret assay
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This world is nat so strong it is no nay
As it hath been / in olde tymes yore
And herkneth / what this Auctour seith therfore
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¶ This storie is seyd / nat for þat wyues sholde [
¶ hanc historiam stilo nunc alto retexere vis[um fuit] non tum ideo / vt matronas nostri temporis [ad] imitandam huius vxoris pacienciam que mich[i] inimitabilis videtur / quam vt legentes ad imitandam saltem femine constanciam excitaren|tur
¶ vt que hec viro suo prestitit/ hoc prestare deo nostro audeat quilibet/ vt Iacobus ait Apostolus/ / Intemptator sit malorum & ipse neminem temptat/ probat tamen et sepe nos multis ac graui|bus flagellis excerceri sinit / non vt animum nostrum sciat/ quem sciuit antequam crearemur &cetera.
] ffolwen Grisilde / as in humylitee ffor it were importable / thogh they wolde But for þat euery wight in his degree Line 1145 Sholde be constant in aduersitee As was Grisilde / therfore Petrak writeth This storie / which he with heigh stile enditeth / Line 1148
¶ ffor sith a womman / was so pacient
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Vn to a mortal man / wel moore vs oghte
Receyuen al in gree / that god vs sent
ffor gret skile is / he preue that he wroghte
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But he ne tempteth / no man þat he boghte
As seith Seint Iame / if ye his pistel rede
He preueth folk al day / it is no drede
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