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¶ And suffreþ vs as for oure exercise
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Wiþ scharpe scourges of aduersite
Ful often to be beten in sundry wise
Nouȝt for to knowe oure wil for certes he
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Or we ware borne knewe al oure frelete
And for oure best is al his gouernance
Lete vs þan leue in vertuous suffrance
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¶ Bot lordinges o worde herkeneþ ar .I. go
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It ware ful harde to finde nowe a dayes
In al a toune Crisildes one or tuo
For if þat þei were put to suche assaies
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The golde of hem haþe nowe so bad laies
Wiþ bras þat þouhe þe coyne be faire at eye
It wolde raþer briste y tuo þan plye
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¶ For whiche: for þe wyues loue of baþe
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Whas lyf and al here helþe god maynteigne
In hire maystre and elles ware it skaþe
.I. wolde wiþ lusty herte frische and grene
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Sey ȝowe a songe to glad ȝowe .I. wene
And latte us stint of enestful matiere
Herkeneþ my songe þat seiþe in þis manere
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Lenvoye de Chaucer
Criselde is dede and hir pacience
And boþe at ones beried in ytaile
Wher-fore .I. crie in open audience
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No wedded man be hardie to assaile
His wives pacience in hope to finde
Crisildez for certes he schal faile
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