As it were in a lyste really
This Palamon answerde hastily
And seyde sire what nedeþ wordes mo
we han þe deþ deserued boþe tuo
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Tuo woful wrecches been we and kaytyues
That ben encombred of oure owne lyues
And as þou art a rightful lord and Iuge
Ne ȝeue vs neyþer mercy ne refuge/
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But sle me first for seynte Charite
But sle my felaw eek as wel as me
Or sle him first for þough þou knowe him lyte
This is þy mortal fo þis is arcite
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Þat fro þy lond is banyscht/ on his heed
For which he haþ I-serued to be deed
For þis is he þat come to þi gate
And seyde þat / he highte Philostrate
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Thus haþ he Iaped þe many a yer
And þou hast maad of him þy cheef squyer
And þis is he þat loueth Emelye
For siþ þe day is come þat I schal dye
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I make pleynly my confessioun
Þat I am / þe woful Palamoun
That haþ þi prisoun broke wikkedly
I am þy mortal foo and it am I
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That loueþ so hoote / Emely þe bright
That I wol dye present in hire sight
Therfore I aske deeþ and my Iuwyse
But slee my felaw in þe same wyse
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For boþe we haue serued to be slayn
This worthy duk answerde anon agayn
And seide þis is / a schort conclusioun
Ȝour owne mouþ by ȝour owne confessioun
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haþ dempned ȝou boþe / and I wil it recorde
It needeþ nouȝt to pyne ȝow wiþ þe corde
Ȝe schul be deed by mighty mars þe reede [folio 24a]
The queen anon for verray wommanhede
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