Ne þou shalt neuer [neuer O, neuere D, om. Harl.] wedde, ne synne,
wyþ any [non D (om. haþ).] þat þy kyn haþ weddyd ynne;
Or ȝyf a man haue houe [ȝif þou haue houyn D.] a chylde,
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God hyt euer forbede and shylde
Þat þat chylde shulde any [þat ilke . . ony D.] haue
Of hys godfadrys, maydyn or knaue:
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Hys breþren or sustren may at here [may oþer D.] pay
wedde; but he þat houe neuer [he hoffe neuer O, he þat hof neuere ne D.] may.
Ne þou shalt nat, [þou schalt neuere D.] by þy lyfe,
weddë þy godfadrys wyfe.
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Also shal þe womman wonde [spare]
To take [takyn D.] here godmodrys husbonde.
Twey godmodrys shul nat wedde, [See 1. 2237, etc., of the French, next page. wede O, to commatres schal þou not wedde D.]
Þe toon to aske þe touþer to bede. [þat oon aske þat oþer to bedde D.]
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Men shul nat wedde [Harl. omits 'wedde.' schuld not wedde for no D.] for any gode
Man or womman þat ys wode;
For many þyngys hyt ys grete eye,
Þe whyche falleþ me nat for [þat falliþ me not now D.] to seye.
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Ȝyf a womman haue an husband,
And he fro here go ouer [& he be gon out of D.] land,
She shal noun ouþer take ne wedde [wed O, sche may take non oþer for no dred D.]
But she be certeyn of hys ded. [ded O. O. gloss. 'deþ.']
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Þou shal [shalt O, schalt truþe no w. D.] nat betrouþe a womman with hand
þe whylys [qwhylys D.] here husband ys lyuand;
For þe trouþe þat þou here ȝeuys
Þe whylys þat here husbund lyuys, [þer qwhylis his husbonde leuyth. þat ilke truþe þat þou hir ȝeuyth D.]
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