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¶ Bot who was woful. If .I. schal not lye
Of þis wedynge bot Domylda and no mo
Þe kinges moder ful of Tiranny.
Hire þouht hir cursed hert braste a two [folio 73b]
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Sche wolde nouht her sonne had don so
Hir þouht a dispite þat he scholde take
So straunge a creature vnto his maake
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¶ Me list nouht of þe chaf ne of þe stre
Maake so longe a tale as of þe corne
What scholde .I. tellen of þe royalte
Of þe Mariage or whiche cours goþ to forne
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Who bloweþ in a trompe or in an horne
The fruyte of euery tale is for to seie
Thei ete. and drinke and dance. and singe and pleie
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¶ Thei gone to bed as it was skill and riht
ffor þouhe þat wyues bene holy þinges
Thei must take a pacience a nyht
Suche maner necessaries as biene plesinges
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To folke þat hane ywedded hem wiþ ringes
And laie a lite hire holines a side
As for þe time it maie non oþer betide
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¶ On hire he gate a knaue childe anone
And to a bischop and his Cunstabule eke
He toke his wif to kepe whan he is gone
To scotelande ward his fomen for to seke
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Nowe faire Custance þat is so humble and meke
So longe is gone wiþ childe til þat still
Sche halt hir chambure abideinge att cristes will
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¶ The time is come a knaue childe sche bare
Mauricius att þe font þei him calle
This Constable doþ forþe come a Messagier
And wrote to his kinge þat cleped was Alle
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