To speken of a seruaunt proprely
with alle circumstaunces trewely
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That is to seyn trouþe honour and knighthede
wysdom humblesse astaat. and by kynrede
Fredam and al þat longeþ to þat art
So Iupiter haue of my soule part
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As in þis world right now ne know I non
So worthy to be loued as Palomon
That serueth ȝou and wol do al his lyf
And if þat ȝe schul euer be a wyf
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Forȝet not Palomon þat gentil man
And with þat word his speche faile gan
For fro his herte vp to his brest was come
The cold of deþ þat him had ouercome
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And ȝet more ouer in his armes twoo
Þe vital strengþ is lost and al a-goo
Only the intellect wiþouten more
That dwelled in his herte sik and sore
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Gan fayle whan þe herte felte deth
Duskyng his eyȝen two and fayled breth
But on his lady ȝit he cast his ye
his laste word was mercy Emelye /
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His spiryt chaunged was and wente þer
As I cam neuer I can nat tellen wher
Therefore I stynte I nam no dyuynistre /
Of soules fynde I not in þis registre
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Ne me list nat thopynyouns to telle
Of hem þough þat þei wyten wher þey dwelle
Arcyte is cold ther mars his soule gye
Now wol I speke forþ of Emelye /
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Shright Emely and howled Palomon [folio 38a]
And Theseus his sustir took anon
Swownyng and bar hir fro þe corps a way
what helpeþ it to tarye forþ þe day
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To telle how þat sche weep boþe eue & morwe
For in swich caas wommen can haue such sorwe
