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¶ ffor whiche þis markys wrouht in þis manere
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He cam a nyht alone þere as sche leye
Wiþ steren face and wiþ trouble chiere
And seide þus Cr[i]ȝilde quod he þat deye
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Þat .I. ȝoue toke oute of ȝoure poure aray
And putt ȝowe in astate of hihe noblesse
Ȝe haue nouht for-geten as .I. gesse
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¶ .I. seie Criselde þis present dignite
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In whiche .I. haue put ȝowe as. I trowe
Makeþ ȝowe nouht for-ȝeteful for to be
Þat .I ȝowe toke in poure astate ful lowe
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For any wele ȝe moste ȝoure selue knowe [folio 120a]
Take hede of euery worde þat .I. ȝowe seie
Þere is no whight þat hereþ it bot we tweye
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¶ Ȝe wote ȝoure self wele howe þat ȝe com here
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In to þis house þat is nouht longe a go
And þouhe to me ȝe be riht leue and dere
Vn-to my gentils ȝe be noþinge so
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Thei seie to hem it is grete schame and woo
For to be soubgetes and be in seruage
To þe þat art borne of a smale vilage
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¶ And namely seþþe þi douhter was bore
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Þis wordes haue þei spoken doutelese
Bot .I. desire as .I. haue done be-fore
To lede my lyue wiþ hem in rest and pese
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.I. maie nouht in þis caas be recheles
.I. mote do wiþ þi douhter for þe best
Nat as .I. wolde bot as my genteles leste.
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¶ And ȝite god wote þis is ful loþe to me
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Bot naþeles wiþ owten ȝoure witeinge
.I. wil nouht do bot þis will .I. quod he
Þat ȝe to me assent as in þis þinge
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