Þis comelich accused with wordes wel kene;
Homliche on hir heued heor hondus þei leyed, [C. on here heddys.]
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And heo wepte for wo, no wonder, I wene.
"We schul presenten þis pleint, hou þou euer be paied,
And sei sadliche þe soþ, riȝt as we haue sene,
O Sake." [P. For her sake. C. On sake. I. For sake.]
Þus wiþ cauteles waynt,
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Preostes presented þis playnt.
Ȝit schal trouþe hem a-taynt,
I dar vnder-take.
XVII.
"Þorw-out þe pomeri we passed us to play, [I. þe pomer.]
Of preiere and of penaunce was vre purpose;
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Heo com with two Maidens, al richeli þat day, [P. wiþ too maydenys deftly. C. with two maydyns dressyd. I. til hir maydenes dressand.]
In riche robus arayed, red as þe rose;
Wylyliche heo wyled hir wenches a-way, [C. hyr wenches she wyssed a-way.]
And comaunded hem kenely þe ȝates to close.
Heo eode to a ȝong mon in a valay,
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Þe semblaunt of susan wolde non suppose,
For soþ!
Be þis cause þat we say,
Heo wyled hir wenches a-way; [C. wyssed.]
Þis word we witnesse for ay, [218-220. I. Þies wordes þat we say,On þis womman verray,Þat wil we mayntan for aye.] Line 220 Wiþ tonge and wiþ toþ.
XVIII.
Whon we þat semblaunt seiȝ, we siked wel sare, [C. sykyng for care.]
For sert of hir souureyn and for hir owne sake. [P. For sorow.]
