[6-text p 428]
¶ Araide was to-warde hir mariage
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This frische maide ful of gemmes clere
Hire broþer whiche þat seuen ȝere was of age
Araide eke ful frische in his manere
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And þus in grete noblesse and wiþ gladde chiere
To-ward Saluces schapinge hire Iornaie
Fro daie to daie þei rideinge in hire weie.
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Amonge al þis after his wikked vsage
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Þis Markes ȝit his wif gan tempte more
To þe vttrest preue of hir Corage
Fulli to haue experiment and lore.
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If þat sche was as stedfast as before
He on a daie in open audience
Ful bustusly haþ seide hir þis sentence
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¶ Certes Crisilde .I. had .I.-nowhe plesance
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To haue ȝowe to my wif for ȝoure goodnesse
As for ȝoure trouþe and ȝoure obeissance
Not for ȝoure lignage ne for ȝoure rechesse
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Bot nowe quod he in verreie so þefastnesse
That in grete lordeschippe ȝif .I. wil a-vise
There is grete seruitute in sundre wise
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¶ .I. maie not do as euery plouhe man may
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My peple me constreyneþ forto take
Anoþer wif and crien daie be daie
And eke þe pope rankoure for to slake
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Consenteþ it þat dare .I. vnder-tak
And trewlye þus muche .I. wil ȝowe seie
My newe wif is cominge be þe weie
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¶ Be stronge of herte and voide anone hir place
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And þilke dowaire þat ȝe brouhten me
Tak it aȝeine .I. graunte it of my grace [folio 124a]
