Are I þat worthliche wreche, þat al þis world wrouȝt, [P. But or y hym wraþ. C. er I þat wordy wrathe. I. Er I schuld wrathe þat worthi.]
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Betere is wemles weende of þis world wyde."
Wiþ þis
Þo Cast heo a Careful cri,
Þis loueliche ladi;
Hir seruauns hedde selli, [C., P., I. had ferly.]
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No wonder Iwis.
XIII.
Whon kene men of hir court comen til hir cri,
Heo hedde cast of hir calle and hire keuercheue;
In at a priue posterne þei passen in hi, [C. þey presyd. I. þei presed.]
And findes þis prestes wel prest her poyntus to preue.
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Þo seide þe loselle aloude to þe ladi: [P. þes losels on lowe. C. þo loselles on lowde, I. Lowde on þat lady þos loselles gun lye.]
"Þou hast gon wiþ a gome, þi god to greue, [P. Þow hast gamyd.]
And ligge with þi lemon In a-voutri, [P. And lyvid. C. And leyn.]
Bi þe lord and þe lawe þat we onne leeue."
Þey swere; [I. In fere.]
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Alle hire seruauns þei shont [I. were a schonte.]
And stelen a-wey in a stont;
Of hire weore þei neuer wont
Such wordes to here.
XIV.
Hir kinrede, hir cosyns and al þat hire knewe,
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Wrong handes, Iwis, and wepten wel sore,
Sykeden for susan, so semeliche of hewe,
Al onwyse of þat wyf wondred þei wore. [P. Al unwyse of þat wyf. C. Alle wyues and wydowes. I. Alle wyes for þat wyfe.]
Þei dede hire in a dungon, þer neuer day dewe, [P. þer neuer day drewe.]
