[6-text p 428]
Arrayed was toward hir mariage
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This freisshe mayde ful of gemmes cleere
hir broþer which þat vij. ȝeer was of age
Arrayed eek ful freissch in his manere
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And þus in gret noblesse and wiþ glad cheere
Toward Saluces schapynge hire iourneye
ffro day to day þey ryden in here weye [¶ Quarta pars.]
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[PART V.]
AMong al þis after his wicked vsage
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þis marquys ȝit his wijf gan tempte more
To þe outrest proef of hire corage
ffully to han experiment and lore
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If þat sche was as stidefast as bifore
he on a day in open audience
fful boustously haþ seid hir þis sentence
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Certes Grisildis I hadde ynough plesaunce
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To han ȝou to my wijf for ȝour goodnesse
As for ȝour trouþe and ȝour obeissance
Nat for ȝour lignage ne for ȝour richesse [folio 139b]
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But now quod he in verray soþfastnesse
þat in gret lorschipe if I wol auyse
þer is gret seruytute in sondry wise
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¶ I may not do as euery ploughman may
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My poeple me constreyneþ for to take
anoþer wijf and cryen day by day
And eek þe pope rancour for to slake
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Consenteþ it þat dar I vndertake
And trewelich þus meche I wil ȝou seye
My newe wijf is comynge by þe weye
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¶ Be strong of herte and voyde anon hire place
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And þilke doware þat ȝe broughten me
Tak it aȝein and graunte it of my grace
