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¶ To euery whight sche waxen is so dere
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And worschipful þat folke þere sche was bore
And frome hire birþe knewe hire ȝere be ȝere
Vnneþ trowed þei bot dorst han swore
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That to Ianicul of whiche .I. spak before
Sche douhter nas for as be couertore
Hem þouht sche was a noþer creature
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¶ For þouhe euere vertuous was sche
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Sche was encresed in suche excellence
Of þewes goode sette in hihe bounte
And so discrete and faire of eloquence
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So benigne and digne of reuerence
And couþe so þe peple hertes so enbrace
That iche hire loueþe þat lokeþ in hire face
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¶ Nouȝt only of Saluces in þe toune
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Purplyste was þe bounte of hire name
Bote eke be-side in mony a Regioune
If one seide wele a noþer seide þe same
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So spredeþe of hire hihe bounte and fame
That men and wemmen also wele ȝonge as olde
Gone to Saluce vpon hire to be-holde
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¶ Thus Walter lowly. nouȝt. but royalye
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Wedded wiþ fortunate honeste
In goddes pes leueþ ful esilye
Att home and outewarde grace. ynowhe had he
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And for he sauhe þat vnder lowe degre
Was oft vertue hidde þe peple him helde
A prudent man and þat is seene ful selde
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¶ Nouht only þis Crisilde þourhe hire witte
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Couþe al þe feiþe of wifly homlynesse
Bot eke whan þat þe caas required it
The comune profit couþe sche redresse
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