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Þat for vs deide vpon a cros of tre [folio 121a]
Thi soule litel childe .I. him be-take
For þis nyht schalt þou deie for my saake
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¶ I trowe to a norice in þis caas
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It hadde bien harde þis reuþe for to see
Wele myht a moder þan haue cride alas
Bott naþeles so sadde stedfast was sche
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Þat sche endureþ al aduersite
And to þe Seriaunte mekely sche seide
Haue here aȝeine ȝoure litel ȝonge maide
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¶ Goþe nowe quod sche and doþe my lordes heste
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Bott o þinge wolde .I. praie ȝoue of ȝoure grace
Þat but my lorde for-badde ȝowe att þe leste
Beriþe þis litel body in sum place
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Þat bestes ne birdes it to-race
Bot he ne wolde no worde to þe pupos seie
Bot toke þe childe and wente vpon his weie
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¶ This seriaunt came vnto þis lorde aȝeine
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And of Crisilde wordes and hir chiere
He tolde him worde for worde in schorte and pleine
And him presenteþ wiþ his douhter dere
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Somwhat þis lorde had reuþe in his manere
Bot naþeles his purpos helde he still
As lordes done whan þei wil haue here will
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¶ And badde þis sergeant þat he priuely
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Scholde þis childe ful oft wynde and wrappe
Wiþ al circumstance tenderly
And Carie it in a cofer or in a lappe
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Bott vppon peine his hede of for to swappe
Þat no man scholde knowe of his entente
Ne whene ne whedere þat he wente
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