[6-text p 370]
And but/ I be to morow as fair to seen
As eny lady emperesse or queen
That is bitwixe thest and eek þe west
Doth by my lyf . right euen as ȝow lest
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Cast vp þe cortyns and look what þis is
And whan þe knyght saugh verrayly al þis
That sche so fair was and so ȝong þer to
For ioye he hent hir in hir armes tuo
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his herte bathid in a bath of blisse
A thousand tyme on rowe he gan hir kisse
And sche obeyed him in euery þing
That mighte doon him pleisauns or likyng
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And þus þay lyue vnto her lyues end
In parfyt ioye and ihū crist vs sende
housbondes meke ȝonge and freissche on bedde
And grace to ouerbyde hem þat we wedde
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And eek I pray to Ihū schort her lyues
That wil nought be gouerned after her wyues
And old and angry nygardes of despense
God send hem sone verray pestilence /
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¶ Here endith þe wif of Bathe hire tale [[No break in the MS.]]
