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¶ Alas Constance þou naste no champioun
Ne fiht cans tow nouht so walawaie
Bot he þat for oure redempcioun
And bonde Sathan. and lythe ȝit þere he laye
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So be þi stronge champion þis daie
ffor bot if criste oopen myracle kyþe
Wiþe outen gilt þou schalt be sleyne also swyþe
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¶ Sche Sett hir doune on knes and þus sche seyde
Immortale god þat sauedest Susan
ffrom false blam and þou mercyful mayde
Mary .I. mene douhter of seint Anne
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Beforne whos childe Angels singe osanne
If .I. be giltles of þis felonye
Mi soker be. for elles schal .I. deye
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¶ Haue ȝe nouht seen sum tyme a pale face
Amonge a pres of him þat haþe be lad
To wardes his deþ where him gat no grace
And suche a colour in his face haþ hadde
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þat men miht knowe his face þat was be-stadde
Amonge al þe faces in þat route
So stant Custance and lokeþ hire aboute
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¶ O queens leueinge in prosperite
Duchesses and ladies euerychon
Haue some reuþe of his aduersite
An Emperour douhter stant alone [folio 73a]
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Sche haþe no whihte to whome to make hire mone
O blode Roial þat standest in þis drede
ffer bue þin frendes att þi grete nede
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¶ This allea kinge haþ suche compassioun
As gentil hert is fulfilled of pete
Þat from his yen ran þe water doune
Nowe hastely do feche a boke quod he
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