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To tempte his wijf ȝit ofter if he may
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O nedeles was sche tempted in assay
But wedded men knowen no mesure
Whan þat þay fynde a pacient creature
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¶ Wijf quod þis marquys ȝe han herd of þis
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My poeple sekerly bereþ heuy of oure mariage
And namely siþþe my sone boren is
Now is it wers þan euer in al oure age
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The murmur sleþ myn herte and my corage
ffor to myn eeres comeþ þe voys so smerte
That it wel neih destroyed haþ myn herte
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¶ Now sey þey þus whan walter is agon
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þanne schal þe blood of Ianicle succede
And ben oure lord for oþer haue we non
Suche wordes seiþ my poeple it is no drede
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Wel ought I of such murmur taken heede
ffor certeinly I drede such sentence
þough þey nought pleyne speke in myn audience
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¶ I wolde lyue in pees if þat I mighte
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Wher fore I am disposed outerly
As I his suster seruede be nighte
Right so þenke I to serue him priuely
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þus warne I ȝou for ȝe nouȝt sodeinly
Out of ȝour self for no wo schulde outraye
Beþ pacient and þerfore I ȝou praye
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¶ I haue quod sche sayd þus and euer schal
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I wille no þing ne nyl no þing certayne
But as ȝou liste nouȝt greueþ me al
þough þat my doughter and my sone be slayne
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At ȝour comaundement þis is to sayne
I haue nouȝt had no part of children tweyne
But first siknesse and after wo and peyne [folio 137b]
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