[6-text p 422]
¶ But at Boloigne it to his suster deere
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That ilke time of Panyke was Countesse /
he schulde it take and schewe hir þis mateere /
Besekyng hire to don hire besynesse
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This child to fostre in alle gentilnesse
And whos child þat it was he bad hire hyde
ffrom euery wight for ought þat may betyde
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¶ þis sergaunt goþ and haþ fulfild þis þing
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But now to þis markys retorne we
ffor now goþ he ful ofte ymagynyng
If by his wyffes cheer he mighte se
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Or by hire word apparceyue þat sche
Were chaunged but he neuer coude hir fynde
But euer in oon ylike sad and kynde
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¶ As glad as besy as humble in seruice
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And eek in loue as sche was wont to be
Was sche to him in euery maner wyse
Ne of hir doughter nought a word spak sche
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Accident for non aduersite
Was seyn in hire ne neuer hir douȝter name
Ne nempned sche in ernest ne in game
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¶ Explicit iija pars.
IN þis astat þer ben passed .iiij. ȝer
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sche wiþ childe was but as god wolde
A knaue childe sche bar by þis walter
fful gracious and fair for to biholde
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And whan þat folk it to his fader tolde
Nat onlich he but al þe contre merye [folio 137a]
Was for þis child and god þey þank and herye
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¶ Whan it was tuo ȝeer old and fro be breste
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Departed of his norice on a day
This marquys caughte ȝit anoþer leste
