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Of his spousail as soone as euer he may
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For ȝit alway þe peple som what dredde [folio 119a]
lest that the marquys wolde no wyf wedde
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He graunted hem a day such as him lest
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On which he wolde be weddid sicurly
And sayd he dede al þis at her requeste
And þay with humble hert ful buxomly
knelyng vpon her knees ful reuerently
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him þanken alle and þus þay haue an ende
Of her entent . and hom aȝein þay wende
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And her vpon he to his officeris
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Comaundith for the feste to purueye
And to his priue knightes and squyeres
which charge ȝaf as him list on hem leye
And thay to his comaundement obeye /
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And ech of hem doth his diligence
To doon vnto þe feste reuerence
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¶ Explicit prima pars. [[No more break in the MS.]]
NOught fer fro þilke place honurable
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wher as this marquys schop his mariage
Ther stood a thrope of sighte delitable
In which þat pore folk of þat vilage
hadden her bestes and her herburgage /
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And after her labour took her sustienaunce
After the erthe ȝaf hem abundaunce
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Among this pore folk there duelt a man
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which þat was holden porest of hem alle
But heighe god som tyme sende can
his grace vnto a litel oxe stalle
Ianicula men of þat throop him calle /
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A doughter had he fair y-nough to sight
And Crisildes þis ȝonge doughter hight
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