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Retorneþ to ȝoure faders house quod he
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No man maye alweie haue prosp[er]ite
Wiþ euen hert .I. rede ȝoue to endure
The stroke of fortune or of aventure
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¶ And sche aȝeine ansewarde in pacience
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My lorde seide sche .I. wote and wist al weie
How þat be-twex ȝoure magnificence
And my pouerte no whight can ne maie
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Maken comparison þat is no naye
.I. held me neuer digne in no manere
To be ȝoure wif ne ȝit ȝoure chamberere
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¶ And in þis þere ȝe me lady maade
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The hihe god take .I. for my wittenesse
And also wisely he my soule gladde
.I. neuer helde me lady ne maistresse
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Bot humble seruant to ȝoure worþinesse
And euer schal while þat my lif maie dure
Abouen euery worldly creature
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¶ That ȝe so longe of ȝoure benignite
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Haue holde me in honour and nobleie
Where as .I. was nouht worþe to be
þat þonke .I. god and ȝowe whome .I. preie
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For-ȝelde it ȝow þere is no more to seye
Vnto my fader gladly wil .I. wende
And wiþ him duel vnto my lyues ende
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¶ Ther .I. was fostred a childe ful small
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Til .I. be dede my lif þer wil .I. lede
A wedowe clen in body hert and all
For seþþe .I. ȝaue to ȝowe my maidenhede
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And am ȝoure trewe wif it is no drede
God schelde suche a lordes wif to take
Anoþer man to husbonde or to make
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