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No wonder is þough þat sche were astoned
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To seen so gret a gest come in to þat place /
Sche neuer was to suche gestes woned
For which sche loked with ful pale face /
But schortly þis matiere forth to chace
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These arn þe wordes þat þe marquys sayde /
To this benigne verray faithful mayde
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Grisyld he sayde ȝe schul wel vnderstonde /
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It liketh to ȝour fader and to me
That I ȝow wedde and eek it may so stonde
As I suppose ȝe wil þat it so be /
But þese demaundes aske I first quod he /
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That sith it schal be doon in hasty wyse
wol ȝe assent or elles ȝow auyse /
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I say þis be ȝe redy with good hert/
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To al my lust and þat I frely may
As me best liste . do ȝow laughe or smert
And neuer ȝe to gruch it night ne day
And eek whan I say ȝe ȝe say not nay
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Neyther by word ne frownyng contenaunce
Swer þis and here swer I oure alliaunce
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Wondryng vpon þis word quakyng for drede
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Sche sayde lord vndigne and vnworthy
I am to thilk honour . þat ȝe me bede
But as ȝe wil ȝour self right so wol I
And here I swere þat neuer wityngly
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In werk ne thought I nyl ȝow disobeye
For to be deed þough me were loth to deye
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This is ynough Grisilde myn quod he /
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And forth goth he wiþ a ful sobre chere
Out at þe dore and after þat cam sche
And to þe pepul he sayd in þis manere ·
