[6-text p 425]
But sche noon answer of him mighte haue
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he went his way as him no þing ne rought
But to Boloyne he tenderly it brought
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This marquis wondreth euer þe lenger þe more
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vpon hir pacience. and if þat he
Ne hadde soþly knowen þer bifore
Þat parfytly hir children loued sche
he wold haue wend þat of som subtilte
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And malice or of cruel corrage
That sche had suffred þis wiþ sad visage
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But wel he knew þat next himself certayn
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Sche loued hir children best in euery wise
But now of wommen wold I aske fayn
If þese assayes mighten not suffice
what couþe a stourdy housebonde more deuyse
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To prove hir wyfhode and her stedefastnesse /
And he contynuyng euer in stourdynesse
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But þer ben folk of such condicioun
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That whan þay haue a certeyn purpos take
Thay can nought stynt of her entencioun
But right as þay were bounden to a stake /
Þay wil not of her firste purpos slake
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Right so þis marquys fullich haþ purposed
To tempt his wyf as he was first disposed
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He wayteth if by word or countenaunce
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That sche to him was chaunged of corage
But neuer couþe he fynde variaunce [folio 126a]
Sche was ay oon in hert and in visage
And ay þe ferþer þat sche was in age /
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The more trewe if þat it were possible /
Sche was to him and more penyble.
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