Hastow ment euer in þi liue
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Spouse ani wiman to wiue
Þat falleþ to þine anour?'
¶ Sir Gij answerd & seyd þan,
'Bi him,' he seyd, 'þat þis warld wan,
To sauen al man-kende,
Bi nouȝt þat y tel can
Y nil neuer spouse wiman
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Saue on is fre & hende.'
'Sir,' quaþ þerl, 'listen nov to me:
Y haue a douhter briȝt on ble;
Y pray þe, leue frende,
To wiue wiltow hir vnderstond?
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Y schal þe sese in al mi lond,
To hold wiþ-outen ende.'
¶ 'Gramerci!' seyd Gij anon;
'So help me Crist & seyn Ion,
And y schuld spouse a [a is a later insertion in the same hand.] wiue
Ich hadde leuer hir bodi alon
Than winnen al þis warldes won
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Wiþ ani woman oliue.' [folio 147b:b]
Þan seyd þerl, 'gramerci!'
& in his armes he kist sir Gij,
& þonked him mani a siþe.
'Sir Gij,' he seyd, 'þou art mi frende:
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Now þou wilt spouse mi dohter hende
Was y neuer are so bliþe.
¶ Ac certes,' seyd þerl so fre,
'Sir Gij, ȝif þou wilt trowe me
No lenger þou no schalt abide:
Now for fourteniȝt it schal be
Þe bridal hold wiþ gamen & gle
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At Warwike in þat tyde.'
