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¶ For whiche it semed þus þat of hem tuo
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Þer nas bot o will for as Waltier luste
Þat same lust was hir plesance also
And god he þonked as fel for þe beste
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Sch schewed wele for no werldly vnreste
A wif as of hire self no þinge ne scholde
Wille in effecte bot as hir husbonde wolde
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¶ The sclander of Walter oft and wide spradde
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That of a cruel hert he wikkedly
For he a pouer womman wedded hadde
Had murdred boþ his childern priuely [folio 123a]
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Suche murmur was ymonge hem comunly
No wonder is for to þe peples ere
Þere come no worde bot þat þei murdred were
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¶ ffor whiche þer as his peple þere before
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Had loued him wel þe sclaunder of his defame
Maade hem þat þei hated him þer-fore
To biene a Mordrer is an hateful name
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Bot naþeles for ernest ne for game
He of his crewel purpos nold stint
To tempte his wif was sette al his entent
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¶ Whan þat his douhter . xij. ȝere was of age
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He to þe Courte of Rome in soubtile wise
Enformed of his will and sente his message
Commandeinge hem suche bulles to douise
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In þis manere and in þis same gise
Howe þat þe pope for his peple rest
Bat him to wedde anoþer wif ȝif þat him lest
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¶ I saie he badde þei scholde countrefete
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The popes bulles makeinge mencione
þat haþe leue his first wif to lete
As by þe popes despensacione
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