[6-text p 407]
[how that oure dayes pas / in sondre gise] [[Arch. Seld. B. 14.]]
ffor þough we slepe or wake or renne or ryde
Ay fleeþ þe tyme and wol noman abyde
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And þough ȝoure greene þoughtes floure as ȝit
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In crepeþ age alway as stille as stoon
And deth manaceþ euery age and smyt
In ech astat for þer askapeþ noon
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And also certein as we knowe echoon
þat we schulle deye as vncertein we alle
Ben of þat day þat deþ schal on vs falle
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¶ Accepteþ þanne of vs þe trewe entent
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þat neuere ȝit ne refused ȝour heste
And we lord if þat ȝe wile assent
To chese ȝou a wijf in schort tyme atte leste
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Borne of þe gentilest and of þe meste
Of alle þis lond so þat it oughte seme
honour to god and ȝou as we can deme
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¶ Delyuer vs out of al þis busy dede
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And tak a wijf for hihe goddes sake
ffor if it so bifelle as god forbede
þat þorugh ȝoure deþ ȝour lynage schulde slake
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And þat a straunge successour schulde take
ȝoure heritage. o wo were vs on lyue
wherfore we pray ȝow hastily to wyue
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¶ here meke preyer and here pitous cherte
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Made þe marquys herte haue pite
[ye wol quod he / myn owne peple dere] [[Arch. Seld. B. 14.]]
To þat I neuer erst þouȝte streyne me
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I me reioysed of my liberte
That selden tyme is founden mariage [folio 130b]
Ther I was free I moste be in seruage
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