[6-text p 419]
Schewe now ȝour pacience as in werkynge
þat ȝe me hight and swor in ȝour village
That day þat maked was our mariage
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¶ Whan sche had herd al þis sche nat ameued
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Noyþer in word ne cheere ne contynance
ffor as it semed sche was nat agreued
Sche sayde lord al liþ in ȝour plesaunce
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My childe and I wiþ hertely obeissance
ben ȝoures al and ȝe mowe saue & spille
ȝoure owne þing workiþ after ȝour wille
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¶ Ther may no þing so god my soule saue
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liken to ȝou þat may displesen me
Ne I desyre noþing for to haue [folio 135b]
Ne drede for to lese saue oonly þe
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þis wille is in myn herte and ay schal be
No lengþe of tyme or deþ may þis deface
Ne chaunge my corrage to anoþer place
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¶ Glad was þis marquys for hire answeryng
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But ȝit he feigned as it were not so
Al dreery was his cheer as his lokyng
Whan þat he schulde out/ of þe chambre go
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Sone after þis a forlong way or tuo
he priuely haþ tolde al his entente
vnto a man and to his wijf him sente
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¶ A maner sergeant was þis priue man
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The which he feiþful often founden hadde
In þinges gret and eek such folk wel can
Don execucion of þinges badde
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The lord knew wel þat he him loued and dradde
And whan þis sergaunt knew his lordes wille
In to þe chambur he stalked him ful stille
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