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But natheles I se of ȝou þe trewe entent
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And trust vpon ȝour witt and haue doon ay
wherfor of my fre wil I wil assent/
To wedde me as soon as euer I may
But þer as ȝe haue profred me to day
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To chese me a wyf I wol relese
That choys and pray ȝow of þat/ profre cesse /
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For god it woot þat childer ofte been
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vnlik her worthy eldris hem bifore
Bounte comeþ al of god nought of þe streen
Of which thay ben engendrid and I-bore
I trust in goddis bounte and þerfore
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My mariage and myn estat and rest
I him bytake . he may doon as him lest
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Let me aloon . in chesyng of my wif
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That charge vpon my bak I wil endure
But I ȝow pray and charge vpon ȝour lyf
That wyf þat I take ȝe me assure /
To worschip / whil . þat hir lif may endure
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In word and werk . boþe heer and euery where /
As sche an Emperoures doughter were
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And forthermor þus schul ȝe swer þat ȝe
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Aȝeins my chois schuln neuer grucche ne stryue
For sins I schal forgo my liberte
At ȝour request as euer mot I þriue
Ther as myn hert is set þer wil I wyue
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And but ȝe wil assent in such manere
I pray spek no more of þis matiere
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With hertly wil . þay sworen and assentyn
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To al þis þing þer sayde no wight nay
Bysechyng him of grace er þat þay wentyn
That he wol graunten hem a certeyn day
