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but sche non answer of him mighte haue
he wente his wey as he no þing ne roughte
But to Boloigne he tendrely it brouȝte
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¶ This marquys wondreþ euer lenger þe more [folio 138a]
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vpon hir pacience and if þat he
Ne hadde soþly knowe þer bifore
þat parfitly hir children loued sche
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he wolde haue wende þat of som subtilte
And of malice or for cruel corrage
That sche hadde suffred þis wiþ sad visage
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¶ But wel he knewe next himself certayne
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Sche loued hir children best in euery wise /
But now of wommen wolde I aske fayne
If þise assayes mighte nouȝt suffise /
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What couþe a stordy housbonde more deuyse
To proeue his wijf and hire stedfastnesse
And he contynuyng euer in sturdynesse
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¶ But þer ben folk of such condicion
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That whan þey haue a certein purpos take
They can nought stynte of here entencion
But right as þey were bounden to a stake
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þey wil nat of þat firste purpos slake /
Right so þis marquys fully haþ purposed
To tempte his wijf as he was first disposed
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¶ he wayteþ if by word or contynance
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That sche to him was chaunged of corage
But neuer coude he fynde variance
Sche was ay oon in hert and in visage
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And ay þe furþer þat sche was in age
þe more trewe if þat it were possible
Sche was to him more lowe and more pesible
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