[6-text p 411]
In vertu he considerd ful right
hir bounte and disposed þat he wolde
Wedde hir oonly if euer he wedde scholde
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The day of weddyng com but no wight can
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Telle what womman þat it schulde be
ffor which meruayle wondreþ many man
And seyde whan þey were in pryuyte
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Wil nat oure lord ȝit leue his vanite
Wil he nat wedde allas allas þe while
Why wol he þus himself and vs begile
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But naþeles þis marquys haþ don make
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Of gemmes sette in golde and in asure
Broches and rynges for Grisildes sake [folio 132a]
And of hire cloþing tok he þe mesure
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Of a mayden like to hire stature
And eek of oþer ornamentes alle
That vnto such a weddyng schulde falle
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¶ þe tyme of vnderne of þe same day
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Approcheþ þat þis weddyng schulde be
And al þe paleys but was in aray
Boþe halle and chambre eche in his degre
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houses of offices stuffed wiþ plente
Ther maystow se of deynteuous vitayle
That may be founde as feer as last ytayle
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¶ This real marquys richely arrayed
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lordes and ladyes in his companye
The which vnto þe feste were prayed
And of his retenue þe bachelrie
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With many a soun of sondry melodye
vnto þe vilage of which I tolde
In þis array þe righte wey haþ holde
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