Þat she graunte vs swyche a [graunt vs þat D.] ȝyfte
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Þat he may speke, & take hys shryfte, [& take . schrifte D.]
In swych a forward, þat he & we
Shul euer more chastyed [chastyde O, chastysyd D.] be."
when þey to prey on knees [qwan þei on knees doun D.] gan falle,
Þe [þat D.] man spake fyrst among [amonge O, among D.] hem alle:
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"whan y swore, he seyd, so hastly, [& seyde qwan I swor stedfastly D.]
Þat y wlde [I schuld D.] nat leue, for oure lady,
Ne halewe þys day of my [to halewe . . myn D.] note,
An [& D.] hande y sagh come to my þrote,
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And hyldë me þarby so sore [held me þerby sore D.]
Þat y to ȝow myȝt [myghte O, myȝt D.] speke no more.
Oure lady was with me so wroþe
Þat y swore by here an oþe,
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Þat y wlde nat leue for here to werche
Þoght men rong [þoghe men runge O, þowh men runge non D.] noun at þe cherche;
Ne here helpe hadde be, þat was [hadde here helpe be þat was O, ne wer hir helpe þat is D.] so nere,
Þe hand me haddë [þat hand me schulde a D.] strangled here.
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And ȝe þat stondeþ [stondyn OD.] me bysyde,
Þat preyd for me þat ychë [preyedyn for me in þat D.] tyde,
Blessed mote ȝe allë be
For ȝoure preyers haþ [ȝoure preyer haþ O, ȝoure preyerys han D, oure . . . H.] saued me."
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Of þys tale ys alle [al OD.] þe entent
To kepe weyl [holdyn wel D.] þe commaundëment,—
Þat ys, to holde wel [weyl O, to om. D.] þyn halyday
In allë þyngë [al þynge O, alle þyng H.] þat þou may. [in clene lyuyng . man wyf & may. D.]
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Ne þou shalt swere vnwurschyply, [ne swere not vn-wurþly D.]
By oure lorde, ne by [by om. D.] oure lady.
Swyche men halewe nat [sweche men halwyn not D.] gostly,
Þat on þe [þe om. D.] halyday leuyn no foly.
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