[6-text p 475]
Allas quod sche þat euer I was so kynde
Now dame quod he let al passe out of mynde
Com doun my leef and if I haue myssayd
God help me so as I am euel appayd
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But by my fader soule I wende haue seyn
how þat þis damyan had by þe leyn
And þat þy smok had layn vpon þy brest
Ȝe sire quod sche ȝe may wene as ȝow lest/
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But sire a man þat wakith out of his slep
He may not sodeynly wel take keep
vpon a þing ne seen it parfytly
Til þat he be adawed verrayly
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Right so a man þat long haþ blynd I-be
Ne may not sodeynly so wel I-se
First whan þe sight is newe comen agayn
As he þat haþ a day or tuo I-sayn
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Til þat ȝour sight y-stablid be a while
Þer may ful many a sighte ȝow bigile
Beþ war I pray ȝow for by heuen king
Ful many man wenith for to se a þing
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And it is al anoþer þan it/ semeth
he þat mys conceyueth he mys demeth
And wiþ þat word sche leep doun fro þe tre
This Ianuary who is glad but he
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he kissith hir and clippith hir ful ofte
And on hir wombe he strokith hir ful ofte
And to his paleys hom he hath hir lad
Now goode men I pray ȝow to be glad
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Thus endith her my tale of Ianuarye
God blesse vs and his moder seinte marie / AmeN. [folio 148b]
¶ Here endith the marchauntes tale [[Small break in MS.]]
