[6-text p 437]
Grisilde quod he god þat / for vs deyed
þou art my wyf ne non oþer I haue
Ne neuer hadde so god my soule saue
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¶ This is þy doughter which þou hast supposed
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To be my wijf þat oþer feiþfully
Schal be myn [heir] as I haue ay purposed
þou bare him in þi body trewely
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At boloygne haue I kept hem pryuyly
Tak hem aȝein for now mayst þou not seye
þat þou hast lorn non of þy children tweye
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¶ And folk þat oþerwise han sayd of me
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I warne hem wel þat I haue don þis dede
ffor no malice ne for no cruelte
But for tassaye in þe þy wommanhede
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And nat to slee my children god forbede
But for to kepe hem pryuyly and stille
Til I þi purpos knewe and al þy wille
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¶ Whan þis herde a swowne doun sche falleþ
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ffor pytous ioye and after hir swownynge
Sche boþe hire ȝonge children to hire calleþ
And in his armes pitously wepynge
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Embraceþ hem and tendrely kissinge [folio 143b]
fful like a moder wiþ hire salte teeres
Sche baþeþ boþe hire visage and hire heres
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¶ O which a pytous sight it was to see
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hir swownyng and hire humble voys to heere
Graunt mercy lord god I þanke it ȝou quod she
þat ȝe han saued me my children deere
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now rekke I neuer to be ded right heere
Siþþe I stonde in ȝour loue and in ȝour grace
No fors of deþ ne whan my spirit pace
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