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For which þis marquis wrouȝt in þis manere
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he com aloone a night þer as sche lay /
wiþ sterne face and with ful trouble cheere
And sayde þus Grisild quod he þat day /
Þat I ȝow took out of ȝour pore array /
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And putte ȝow in estat of heigh noblesse
Ȝe haue not þat . forgeten as I gesse /
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I say Grisild þis present dignite
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In which þat I haue put ȝow as I trowe
Makith ȝow not . forȝetful for to be
Þat I ȝow took in pore estat ful lowe
For eny wele ȝe moot ȝour selue knowe /
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Tak heed of euery word þat/ I ȝow say /
Ther is no wight þat herith it but we tway /
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Ȝe wot ȝour self . how ȝe comen heere
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In to þis hous it is nought long ago
And þough to me þat ȝe be leef and deere
vnto my gentils ȝe be no þing so
Thay seyn to hem it is gret schame and wo
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For to ben subiect/ . and ben in seruage /
To the þat born art of a smal village [folio 123a]
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And namely syn þy doughter was I-bore
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These wordes han þay spoken douteles
But I desire as I haue doon byfore
To lyue my lif with hem in rest and pees
I may not in þis caas be reccheles
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I moot do with þy doughter for þe best/
Not as I wolde but as my pepul lest
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And ȝit god wot þis is ful loth to me
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But naþeles wiþoute ȝoure witynge
wol I not doon . but þis wold I quod he /
That ȝe to me assent as in þis þing /
