[6-text p 152]
But who was woful if I schal not lye /
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Of þis weddyng but Domegild and þo
The kynges mooder ful of tyrannye
hir þought hir cursed herte brast a-two
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Sche wolde nat hir sone had I-do so
hir þought despyte / þat he schulde take
So straunge a creature vnto his make
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Me lust not of þe caf ne of þe stree
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Make so long a tale as of þe corn
what schuld I telle of þe realte
Of mariage / or which cours goþ biforn
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who bloweth in a trompe or in an horn
The fruyt of euery tale is for to seye
They ete & drynk / and daunce / and synge & pleye
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They gon to bed as it was skile & right
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For þough þat wyfes ben ful holy þinges
They moste take in pacience a night
Such maner necessaries as ben plesynges
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To folk that han I-wedded hem wiþ rynges
And haluendel her holynesse ley a side
And for þe tyme it may non oþer betyde
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On hire he gat a knaue child anoon
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And to a bisschope & a Constable eeke
he took his wyf to kepe whan he is goon
To scotlondward his foomen for to seeke
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Now faire Custaunce þat is so humble & meeke
So long is goon wiþ childe til þat stille
Sche held hir chambre abidyng goddes wille
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The tyme is come a knaue child sche bere
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Maurius atte funstone men him calle
This Constabil doþ come forþ a messager [folio 80b]
And wrot to his kyng þat cleped was Alle
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