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And suffreþ vs as for oure excercise
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Wiþ scharpe scorges of aduersite
fful often to ben betyn in sondry wyse
Nought for to knowe oure wille for certes he
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Or we were born knew al oure frelete
And for oure beste is al oure gouernance
lat vs þanne lyue in vertuous suffraunce
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¶ But lordinges o word herkeneþ ar I go
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It were ful hard to fynde now a dayes
In alle a toun Grisildes þre or tuo
ffor if þat þey were putte to suche assayes
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The golde of hem haþ now so badde layes
Wiþ bras þat þough þe coyne be fayr at eye
It wolde raþer berst/ a tuo þan plye
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¶ ffor which here for þe wyues loue of Baþe
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Whos lijf and al hire helþe god mayntene
In hire maystrye and elles were it skaþe
I wolde wiþ lusty herte freisshe and grene
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Sey ȝou a song to glade ȝou I wene
And late vs stynte of ernestful matiere
herkneþ my song þat seiþ in þis manere
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¶ lenvoye de Chaucere
¶ Grisild is deed and eek hir pacience
And boþe at oones buryed in ytayle
Wher fore I crye in open audience
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No wedded man be hardy to assayle /
his wyues pacience in hope to fynde /
Grisildis for in certes he schal fayle /
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