[6-text p 419]
Schew now ȝour paciens in ȝour wirching
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Þat þou me hightest and swor in ȝon village
That day þat maked was oure mariage
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Whan sche had herd al þis sche nouȝt ameeuyd
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Neyþer in word in cheer or countenaunce
For as it semed sche was nought agreeued
She sayde lord al lith in ȝour plesaunce
My child and I with hertly obeisaunce
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Ben ȝoures al . and ȝe may saue or spille
Ȝour oughne þing . werkiþ after ȝour wille /
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Ther may no þing so god my soule saue
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liken to ȝow þat may displesen me
Ne I desire no þing for to haue
Ne drede for to lese saue oonly ȝe
This wil is in myn hert and ay schal be
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No length of tyme or deþ may þis deface /
Ne chaunge my corrage to oþer place /
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Glad was this marquis of hir answeryng
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But ȝit he feyned as he were not so
Al dreery was his cheer and his lokyng
whan þat he schold out of þe Chambre go
Soon after þis a forlong way or tuo
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he priuely haþ told al his entent
vnto aman . and vnto his wyf him sent
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A maner Sergeant was þis priue man
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The which þat faithful oft he founden hadde
In þinges grete . and eek such folk wel can [folio 123b]
Don execucioun in þinges badde
The lord knew wel þat he him loued and dradde
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And whan þis sergeant wist his lordes wille
In to þe chamber he stalked him ful stille.
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