[6-text p 415]
þis is my wyf quod he þat stondeþ heere
honoureþ hire and loueþ eek I preye
Who so me loueþ þer is no more to seye
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And for þat noþing of hir olde gere
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Sche scholde bringe in to his hous he bad
That wommen schulde dispoylen hire right þere
Of which þis ladyes were noþing glad
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To handle hire cloþes wher Inne sche was clad
But naþeles þis mayden bright of hewe
ffro foot to heed þey cloþed han al newe
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¶ hire heres han þey kempte þat layn vntressed
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fful rudely and wiþ hire fyngres smale
þay tyred hire heed þat longe rudely lay dressed
Of hire array what schulde I make a tale
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Sche is now fair of hew þat arst was pale
vnneþe þe poeple hir knew for hir fairnesse
Whan sche transmewed was in such richesse
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¶ This marquys haþ hir wedded wiþ a ryng
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Brouȝt for þe same cause and hire sette
vpon an hors snow whyt and wel amblyng
And to þe paleys or he lenger lette
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Wiþ ioyful poeple þat hire ladde and mette
Conueyed hire and þus þe day þay spende
In reuel til þe sonne gan descende
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¶ And schortly forþ þis tale for to chace
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I seye þat to þis newe marquysesse
God haþ such fauour sent hire of his grace
That it ne semed nought be kykenesse
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That sche was born and fedde in iudenesse
As in a cote or in an Oxe stalle/
But norisshed in an emperoures halle [folio 134a]
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