lat euery felawe telle his tale aboute
And lat see now who schal þe soper wynne
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And ther I lafte I wolde agayn begynne [[break of one line in the MS.]]
This Duk of whom I make mencioun
whan he was comen almost vnto þe toun
In al his wele and in his moste pryde
he was war as he cast his eyȝe aside
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wher þat ther kneled in þe hye weye
A companye of ladies tweye and tweye
Ech after other clad in cloþes blake
But such a cry and such a woo þey make
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That in þis world nys creature lyuynge
Ther herde such anoþer weymentynge
And of þat cry ne wolde þey neuer stenten
Til þey þe Reynes of his bridel henten
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what folk be ȝe þat at myn hom comynge
Partourben so my feste with cryenge
Quod Theseus. haue ȝe so gret enuye
Of myn honour þat þus compleyne and crie
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Or who hath ȝow mysboden or offendid
And telleþ me if it may ben amendid.
And why þat ȝe ben clad þus al in blak [folio 13a]
The oldest lady of hem alle spak
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whan sche had swowned with a dedly chere
That it was routhe for to seen or heere
And seyde lord to whom fortune haþ ȝeuen
victorie and as a conquerour to luyen
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Nought greueth vs ȝoure glorie and honour
But we beseken mercy and socour
Haue mercy on oure woo and oure distresse
Som drope of pitee thurgh ȝoure gentilnesse
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Vppon vs wrecchede wommen lat þou falle
For certus lord. ther nys noon of vs alle
That sche nath ben a duchesse or a queene
Now be we Caytifs as it is wel seene
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Thanked be fortune. and hire false wheel
