And þou wolt seye heyl maister nicholay
Good morn I see þe wel for it is day
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And þan schul we be lordes al oure lyf
Of al þe world as noe and his wyf
But of oo þing I warne þe ful right
Be wel auysed of þat ilke nyght
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That we ben entred in to schippes boord
That not of vs ne speke not a word
Ne clepe ne crye but be in his preyere
For it is goddes owne heste deere
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Thy wyf and þou most hangen fer a-twynne
For þat bitwixe ȝou schal be no synne
No more in lokyng þan þer schal in dede /
This ordynaunce is seyd, so god me speede /
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To morwe at night whan men ben a slepe /
In to our knedyng tubbes wol we crepe /
And sitte þer abydyng goddes grace /
Go now þy way I haue no lenger space
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To make of þis no lenger sermonyng
Men seyn þus / send þe wyse and sey no þing
Thou art so wys it needeth nat þe teche
Go saue oure lyf and þat I þe byseche /
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This seely carpenter goþ forþ his way
Ful ofte he seyd allas and weylaway
And to his wyf he told his pryuete
And sche was war and knew it bet þan he /
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what al this wente cast was for to seye /
But naþeles sche ferd as sche schuld deye
And seyde allas go forth þy way anoon
help vs to skape or we be ded echon
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I am þy verray trewe wedded wyf
Go deere spouse and help to saue oure lyf
lo which a gret þing is affeccioun
A man may dye for ymaginacoun
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So deepe may impressioun be take
This seely Carpenter bygynneth quake [folio 48b]
