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Ma dame he sayd ȝe most forȝiue it me
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Though I do þing . to which I am constreynit.
Ȝe ben so wys þat ful wel knowe ȝe
Þat lordes hestes mow not ben I-feynit
Thay mowe wel biwayl it or compleyn it/
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But men moot neede vnto her lust obeye
And so wol I þer is no more to seye
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This child I am comaundid for to take /
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And spak no more. but out þe child he hent
Dispitously and gan a chiere make
As þough he wold han slayn it er he went
Grisild moot al suffer and al consent
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And as a lamb sche sitteth meeke and stille /
And let þis cruel sergeant doon his wille
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Suspecious was þe defame of þis man
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Suspect his face. suspect his word also /
Suspect þe tyme. in which he þis bigan
Allas hir doughter þat she loued so
Sche wend he wold han slayen it right þo
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But naþeles sche neyþer weep ne siked
Conformyng hir to þat þe marquis liked
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But atte last speke sche bigan
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And mekely sche to þe sergeant preyde
So as he was a worþy gentil man
That she most kisse hir child er þat it deyde
And on hir arm þis litel child sche leyde
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wiþ ful sad face. and gan þe child to blesse
And lullyd it and after gan it kesse /
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And þus sche sayd in hir benigne vois
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Far wel my child I schal þe neuer see /
But sith I þe haue marked wiþ þe croys /
Of þilke fader blessed mot þou be
