[6-text p 437]
Grisild quod he by god þat for vs deyde
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Thou art my wyf ne noon oþer I haue
Ne neuer had as god my soule saue
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This is my doughter which þou hast supposed
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To be my wif þat oþer faithfully
Schal be myn heir as I haue ay purposed
Thow bar hem in þy body trewely
At Boloyne haue I kept hem priuely
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Tak hem agayn for now maistow not seye
That þou hast lorn noon of þy children tweye
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And folk þat oþer weyes han seyd of me
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I warn hem wel þat I haue doon þis deede
For no malice ne for no cruelte
But for tassaye in þe þy wommanhede
And not to slen my children god forbede
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But for to kepe hem priuely and stille
Til I þy purpos knowe and al þy wille
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Whan sche þis herd a swoned doun sche fallith
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For pitous ioy . and after her swownyng
Sche bothe hir ȝonge children to hir callith
And in hir armes pitously wepyng
Embraseth hem and tenderly kissyng
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Ful lik a moder with hir salte teris
Sche bathis boþe hir visage and hir eeris
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O such a pitous þing it was to see [[This line is repeated in the MS., but has been scratcht out.]]
hir swownyng and hir humble vois to heere
Graunt mercy lord . god thank it ȝow quod sche [folio 131a]
That ȝe han kept my children so deere
Now rek I neuer to be deed right heere
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Sith I stond in ȝour loue and in ȝour grace
No fors of deth ne whan my spirit pace
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