[6-text p 407]
[ffor of wedlok/ cometh gret emprise [[Harl. 1758, leaf 115; not in MS Reg. 18 C 2]] ]
For þouhe we slepe or wake or roume or ride
Ay. flieþ þe time and wil no man abide
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And þouh ȝoure grene ȝouþe floure as ȝite
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¶ In crepeþ Age al wei as still as stone
And deþe manasseþ euery age and smyteþ
In eche astate for þer askapeþ none
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And also certeigne as we knowe ichone
þat we schal deie. As vncerteigne we all
Biene of þat daie þat deþ schal on vs fall
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¶ Accepte þan of vs þe trewe entente
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þat neuer ȝit refuysed ȝoure hest
And we lorde ȝif þat ȝe wil asente
Chese ȝowe a wif in schort time att þe lest
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Borne of þe gentelest and of the mest
Of al þis londe so þat it ouht seme
Honour to god and ȝowe as we can deme
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¶ Deliuer vs of al þis besy dede
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And takeþ a wif for hihe goddes sake
ffor if it so be-fel as god for-bede
þat þoure deþe ȝoure lignage scholde slake
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And þat a stronge successoure scholde take [folio 116a]
Ȝoure Heritage woo were vs on lyve
Where-for we praie ȝowe hastely to wiue
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¶ Here meke preiere and here pitouse chiere
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Maaked ȝe Markes hert haue pite
[Wol ye quod he myn oune peple deere [MS Reg. 18 C 2 folio 132b] ]
To þat .y. nerste euer þouht to steyne me
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I. me reIoysed of my lybertie
Þat selden time is founden mariage
Þere .I. was fre .I. most be in seruage
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