[6-text p 440]
And suffrith vs as for our exercise
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wiþ scharpe scourges of aduersite
Ful ofte to be bete in sondry wise
Nought for to knowe oure wille for certes he
Er we were born . knew al our frelte
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And for oure best is al his gouernaunce
Leet vs þanne lyue in vertuous suffraunce
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But oo word lordes herkneth er I go
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It were ful hard to fynde now a dayes [folio 132a]
As Grisildes in al a toun þre or tuo
For if þat þay were put to such assayes
The gold of hem haþ now so badde alayes
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with bras þat þough þe coyn be fair at ye
hit wolde raþer brest in tuo þan plye
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For which heer for þe wyues loue of bathe
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whos lyf and alle of hir secte god meyntene
In high maistry and elles were it scathe
I wil with lusty herte freisch and grene
Say ȝow a song to glade . ȝow I wene
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And lat vs stynt of ernestful matiere
herknith my song . þat saith in þis manere / [[No break in the MS.]]
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¶ Lenvoye . de Chaucer.
GRisild is deed and eek hir pacience
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And bothe at oones buried in Itayle
For whiche I crye in open audience /
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No weddid man so hardy be to assayle
his wyues pacience in hope to fynde
Grisildes for in certeyn he schal fayl
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