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allas quod she / that euer I was so kynde [[MS Arch. Seld. B. 14]]
now dame quod he / lete al passe out of mynde
com down my lef / and if I haue myssaide
god helpe me so / as I am euel apaide
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but bi my fader soule / I wende haue seyne
how that this Damyan / had bi the leyne
and that thi smok / had leyne vppon thi brest
ye sir quod she / ye may wene as yow lest
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but sir a man / that wakith out of his slepe
he may not sodeynly / ne wel taken kepe
vppon a thing / ne sen hit parfitly
til that he ben a-dawed / verrily
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right so a man / that longe hath blynde I-be
ne may not sodeynly / so wel I-se
first whan his sight / is newe com ageyne
as he that hath / a day or two I-seyne
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til that youre sight / I-stabled be a while
ther may ful many a sight / yow bigile
beth war I pray yow / for bi heuen kyng
ful many a man wenyth / to se a thing
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and hit is al another / than hit semeth
he that mysconceivith / mys demeth
and with that worde / she lepe doun fro the tre
this Ianuarie / who is glad but he
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he kissith hir / and clippith hir / ful ofte
and on hir wombe / he stroketh hir ful softe
and to his paleys hoom / he hath hir lad
now goode men I pray yow / to be glad
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thus endith here my tale / of Ianuarie
god blesse vs / and his moder seynt Marie. Amen.
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Here endith the Marchauntis tale of Ianuarie and May.]
