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¶ Crisild quod he as it were in his pleie
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Howe likeþ þe my wif and hire beaute
Riht wele quod sche my lorde for in goode feie
A feirer sawhe .I. neuer none þan sche
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.I. prei to god ȝif. ȝoue prosperite
And so hope .I. þat he wil to ȝoue sende
Plesance ynowhe vnto ȝoure liues ende
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¶ .O. þinge beseche .I. ȝowe and warne also
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Þat ȝe prikke wiþ no turnementynge
Þis tender maiden as ȝe haue done mo
For sche is fosterd in hir norischeinge
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More tendrely and to my supposinge
Sche couþe nouht aduersite endure
As couþe a pore fostred creature
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¶ And whan þis Waltier sauhe hire pacience
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Hir glad chiere and no malece att al
And he so oft had done hire offence
And sche aye sadde and constante as a wal
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Continuinge euer hire Innocens ouer al
This stordy Markes gan his hert dresse
To rewen on hire wifly stedfastnesse
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¶ This is ynouhe Crisilde myne quod he
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Be nowe no more agaste ne yuel a-paide
.I. haue þi feiþe and þi benignite
As wele as euer womman was assaide
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In grete astate and pouerly araide
Now knowe .I. dere wife þi stedfastnesse
And hire in armes toke and gan hir kesse
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¶ And sche for wonder toke of it no kepe
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Sche þouht nouht what þinge he to hir seide
Sche ferde as sche had stert oute of hir slepe [Line repeated at top of leaf 127]
Til sche oute of hir masedenesse abraide [folio 127a]
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