For-þi þe wyf werp of hir wedes vn-werde, [C. we wylle warpe of our wedys.]
Vndur a lorere ful lowe þat ladi gan leende,
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So sone.
By a wynliche welle,
Susan caste of hir kelle; [C., P. caught of.]
Bote feole ferlys hire bi-felle,
Bi Midday or none.
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XI.
Nou were þis domus men derf drawen in derne,
Whiles þei seo þat ladi was laft al hire one; [C. þe lady lont hyr alone.]
Forte heilse þat hende þei hiȝed ful ȝerne,
With wordus þei worshipe þat worliche in wone; [P. Syche woordis þei warpyd to þat worthy in wone.]
"Wolt þou, ladi, for loue, on vre lay lerne,
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And vndur this lorere ben vr lemmone?
Ȝe ne þarf wonde for no wiȝt vr willes to werne,
For alle gomus þat scholde greue of gardin ar gone
In Feere.
Ȝif þou þis neodes deny,
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We schal telle trewely
We toke þe wiþ a-voutri
Vnder þis Lorere."
XII.
Þen Susan was serwful, and seide in hire þouȝt:
"I am with serwe bi-set on eueriche syde;
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Ȝif I assent to þis sin, þat þis segges haue souȝt,
I be bretenet and brent in baret to byde; [C., I. in balis.]
And ȝif I nikke hem with nai, hit helpeþ me nouȝt;
Such toret and teone takeþ me þis tyde. [P. Such turment and tene. I. So mykyl tray and tene. C. Trybulacyon and tene.]
