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he drank and wel his gurdel vnderpight
he slepeþ and he fareþ in his gyse
Al nyght vnto þe sonne gan arise
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Eft were his lettres stolen euerichon
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And countrefeted lettres in þis wise
The kyng comaundeþ his constable anon
vp peyne of hangyng of an heiȝ Iustise
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That he schulde suffre in no maner wyse
Constaunce in his regne for to abyde
Thre dayes and a quarter of a tyde
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But in þe same schip as he hir fond
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hire and hir ȝonge sone and al hire gere [folio 81b]
he schulde putte and crowde fro þe londe
And charge hire þat sche neuer eft come þere
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·O. my Constaunce wel may þy goost haue fere
And slepyng in þy drem ben in penaunce
whan Domegyl cast al þis ordynaunce /
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This messanger a-morwe whan he awook
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vnto þe castel held þe nexte way
And to þe constable he þe lettre took
And whan þat he þe pitous lettre say
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Ful ofte he seyd allas and welaway
Lord crist quod he how may þis world endure
So ful of synne is many a creature
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O mighty god if þat it be þy wille
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Seþ þou art rightful iugge how may þis be /
That þou wolt suffre Innocentȝ to spille /
And wikked folk regne in prosperite
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·O good Constance allas so wo is me
That I moot be þy tormentour or deye
On schamful deþ þer is non oþer weye
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