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Onely þat poynte his peple bare so sore
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Þat flokingmele on a day to him þei went
And of him þat wisest was of lore
Or elles þat þe lorde beste wolde assent
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Þat scholde tellen him what his peple ment
Or elles couþe schew wele suche matier
He to þe Markys seide as ȝe schal here
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O noble Markes ȝoure humanite
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Assuriþe vs and whisse vs hardines
As oft as time is of necessite
That we to ȝowe maie tell oure Heuinesse [folio 115b]
Accept lorde now of ȝoure gentilnesse
þat we wiþ petous hert to ȝowe pleine
And late ȝoure eres nouht my voice disdeyne
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¶ Al haue .I. nouht to done in þis matiere
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Mor þan anoþere man haþe in þis place
Ȝitte as for as muche as ȝe my lorde so dere
Haue alweie schewde me fauore and grace
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.I. dare þe better ax of ȝowe a space
Off Audience to schewen oure request
And ȝe my lorde to do riht as ȝowe liest
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¶ For certes lorde so wele lykeþ vs ȝowe
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And al ȝowre werkes and euer haþe þat we
Ne couþe nouht oure seluen deuisen howe
We myht leue in more felice
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Saue o þinge lorde if ȝowre wil be
þat for to be a wedded man ȝowe list
þan were ȝoure peple in Souereigne hertes rest
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¶ Bouþe ȝoure nek vnder þat blisfull ȝok
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Off Souereignete nouht of seruise
Whiche þat men clepe spowsal or wedlok
And þinkeþ lord amonges ȝoure þouhtes wise
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