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¶ And of ȝoure newe wyf god of his grace
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So graunte ȝou wele and heigh prosperite
ffor I wille gladly ȝelden hire my place
In which I was blisful wont to be
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ffor siþþe it likeþ ȝow my lord quod sche
That whilom weren al myn hertes reste
þat I schal go I wol go whan ȝou leste
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¶ But þer as ȝe me profre swich dowayre
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Ay I first brought it is wel in my mynde
It were my wrecched cloþes no þing fayre
The whiche to me were now ful hard to fynde
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O goode god how gentil and how kynde
ȝe semede by ȝour speche and ȝour visage
þe day þat maked was our mariage
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But soþ is seyde algate I fynde it trewe
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ffor in effecte it preuede is on me
loue is nat olde as whan þat it is newe
But certes lord for non aduersite
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To deyen in þe cas it schal not be
þat euer in word or werk I schal repente
þat I ȝou ȝaf myn herte in hol entente
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¶ My lord ȝe wot þat in my fadres place
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ȝe dede me strepe out of my pore wede
And richely me cladden of ȝour grace
To ȝou brought I nouȝt elles out of drede
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But feiþ and nakednesse and maydenhede
And here aȝein ȝour cloþing I restore [folio 140b]
And eek ȝour weddyng ryng for euermore
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¶ The remenaunt of ȝoure Iewellis redy be
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Wiþinne ȝour chambre dar I sauely sayn
Naked out of my fadres hous quod sche
I cam and naked I mot agayn
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