Þe ferst womman þat þou ches
Ys [sche is D.] þy wyfe, with-outë les.
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Ensample hauë we þerby,
Of Iosep þat wedyd [weddede O, wedded D.] oure lady;
Þere was verry [verry trewe D.] matrymony,
with-outë fleshly dede of any. [dede don ony D.]
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By þys ensample mayst [myȝt D.] þou se
þat þe fyrst [ferste O, ferst D (om. þat).] womman þy wyfe shulde be.
Ȝyf þou dedyst [dest O, dedyst beforn þat oþer D.] euer swyche [swych O, ony D.] outrage
To [don D.] wedde chyldryn or [ar O, or D.] þey hadde age,
þare [þar O.] -of may comë grete [gret OD.] folye
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ȝyf þey so ȝunge to-gedyr lye.
Oft haue men [Ofte men haue O, oftyn men han (om. boþe) D.] boþe herde & seyn,
Þat [þat om. D.] of swych lyggyng haþ foly beyn.
For some, when þey yn age are come, [& summe qwan þei comyn to olde D.]
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þe toon þe touþer may nat loue; [þat oon to oþer neuere loue wolde D.]
Þan make þey men [alle men O, þan fare þei boþe alle folk to wunder D.] on hem to wundyr, [wndre O.]
And coueyt faste [þei coueyte boþe D.] to be asundyr; [a sundre O, a sunder D.]
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Also to brekë here [& for brekyn þe D.] spousayle,
And here trouþe, þe whych shuld [wheche shulde O, þat schulde D.] nat fayle.
Ȝyf þou to swyche [swych O, suych D.] weddyng consent, [folio 12a]
Hyt ys aȝens þe commaundment. [comaundement O.]
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Ȝyf þou hast [haue D.] auowyd þe
Þy lyfe to holde [holdyn D.] yn chastyte,
Or þou art yn state of prest,
Or yn two ordrys alþer nest,
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Suddekene, or dekene hy, [Subdekne . . hyȝ D.]
þys lettyþ weddyng & dede fleshly.
