Þat neuer with hem [with hem, om. D.] were we onys wroth
Ne þey with vs þat wedded vs both,
Ne for no þyng þat euer [Ne . . euer, om. D.] may betyde
Line 1969
To-gedyr shul we neuer chyde.
Yn relygyun we wulde [woldyn D.] vs do;
Oure husbondys graunte nat [grauntyn not D.] þar-to;
Line 1972
Ȝyt haue we leuer leue [to letyn D.] oure wylle
Þan oure hosbundys greue with [to greuyn D] ylle.
So moche loue ys vs among
Þat none to oþer wyl do [meche . . . non of vs wil oþer D.] wrong."
Line 1976
Among oþer [Alle oþer H, of many D.] þynges to hym þey spake, [O. gloss 'seyde.']
"We þenke so moche on oure wedlake,
For hyt ys [was O, It was D.] yn þe olde testament, [folio 14a]
And yn þe newe hyt ys [it is þe D.] sacrament;
Line 1980
And God [God OD, om. Harl.] haþ ordeyned hyt for þe pes,
And þeryn, [O. to inserted in a later hand. þer in to (om. And) D.] be bore he ches,
Þat we ne shul, by oure [our O, þerfore we schul not be oure D.] lyue,
Neuermore to-gedyr [gedere OD, ben at D.] stryue,
Line 1984
Ne foly wrdys be [be O, om. Harl., no foly wurdis betwen vs be D.] betwyxe vs seyd—
As ouþer wymmen makyn vpbreyd,—
For noun enuye ne coueytyse,
Ne for noun ouþer maner [maner of D.] wyse;
Line 1988
But seruë [seruyn D.] god and oure husbondys
yn alle þyng þat [þat, om. D.] he sendeþ hys sondys."
Makayre ioyed þat [þat, om. D.] þey were so stable,
And so long whylë [qwyle D.] so tretable;
Line 1992
he þankeþ God [þankyde god O.] þat he haþ [hade O, þankid . . had D.] founde
So mylde wymmen yn wedlak bounde;
he toke hys leue and went hys weye,
As an abbot shulde, to hys abbeye.
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