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To tempte his wif ȝit ofter if he maie
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O nedeles was sche tempted in assaie
Bot wedded men knowen no mesure
Whan þat þei finde a pacient creature
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¶ Wif quod þis Markes ȝe haue herde of þis
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My peple sekely bereþ heuye of oure mariage
And namely seþ my son borne is
Nowe is wers þan euer in al oure age
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The mormure sleþe myn herte and myne corage
For to myne eres commeþ voice so smarte
That it wel nyhe destruyde hathe myne herte
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¶ Nowe seye þei þus whan Waltier is a-gone
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Than schal þe blode of Ianicle succede
And bien oure lorde for oþere haue we none
Suche wordes seiþe my peple it is no drede
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Wele ouhte .I. of suche murmure taken hede
For certeinly .I. drede suche sentence
Þouhe þei nouht pleine speke in myne audience
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¶ I wolde leue in pes if þat .I. myhte
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Where-fore .I. am disposed vtterlye
As .I. his suster serued be nyhte
Riht so þenke .I. to serue him priuely [folio 122a]
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Thus warne .I. ȝowe for ȝe nouht sodanly
Oute of ȝoure selue for no woo scholde outraie
Beþe pacient and þerfore .I. ȝow preie
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¶ .I. haue quod sche saide and euer schal
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.I. will no þinge certeigne
Bot as ȝoue luste nouht greueþe me al
Þouhe þat my douhter and my son bue sleine
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Att ȝoure commandement þis is to seine
.I. haue nouht had no parte of childern tweyne
Bot first sekenesse and after woo and peine
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