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¶ Not only lorde þat .I. am gladde quod sche
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To do ȝoure lust bot .I. desire also
Ȝowe for to serue and plese in my degre
Wiþ-outen feynteinge and schal euer moo
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Ne neuer for no wele ne for woo
Ne schal þe goste wiþ-inne myne hert stinte
To loue ȝow best wiþ al my trewe entente
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¶ And wiþ þat worde sche gan þe house to diht
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And tables for to sette aud beddes make
And peyned hire to done al þat sche myht [folio 126a]
Preieinge þe chambreres for goddes sake
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To hasten hem and fast swepe and shake
And sche þe most seruisiable of all
Haþe euery chambre arraide and his hall
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¶ Aboute vndern gan þis erle alyht
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And wyþ him brouht his noble childern tweye
For-wiþ þe peple ran to see þat siht
Of hir arraye so Richely beseye
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and þan at arst amonges hem þei sey
þat Walter was no fule þouhe þat him leste
To chaunge his wif for it was for þe beste
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¶ For sche is fairere as þei demen alle
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Þan is Crisilde and more tendir of age
And feirer fruyte betwene hem schold fall
And more plesance for hir hihe lignage
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Hir broþer eke so faire was of visage
That hem to se þe peple haþ kauht plesance
Commendynge nowe þe Markes gouernance
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¶ O stormy peple vnsad and euer vntrewe
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Ay indiscrete and chaungeinge as a fane
Deliteinge aye in Romble þat is newe
Fare like þe mone ay wexen ȝe and wane
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