Iffe I did well, yit felt [UH, fele T.] I no plesaunce;
hit caused neither ioy nor [UH, causeth no but T.] hevynesse;
ffor when sche dydë, þat wasse [whyche was T, that was H, þat wasse all U.] my maistresse,
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All my [HT, My gode U.] welfare then made [UT, made then H.] þe sam purchasse;
Þe deth hath set my boundis, of wytnesse, [La mort m'assist illec la bourne.]
which for no thyng myn hert schall neuer passe.
(11)
In þis gret þought, sore trowbled in my mynde,
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Allon þus rode I [H, I rode T, rode & U.] all þe morow tyde,
Tyll, at þe last, hit happed me to fynde
The place wher-In I cast me to a-byde, [UT, I purposid me to hide H.]
when þat I had no ferþer for [UT, forth H.] to ryde.
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And as I went, my loggyng to purvey,
Ryght sone I herd, but lytell me be-syde,
In a gardyn, wher mynstrells gan to play.
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(12)
With þat anon I went me bakkermore; [Si me retray.]
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My selfe and I, me þought we wer Inow;
But tweyn, [UH, y. T.] þat wer my frendis her-byfore, [UH, tofore T.]
had me espiëd, and I wot [UH, wyst T.] not how.
Thai cam for me: aweyward I me drow,
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Sum-what by force, sum-what by þair request,
That in no wyse I couthe [UH, cowde T.] my selfe rescow,
But [HT, bud U.] nede I must cum In, and se þe fest.
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(13)
At my commyng, the ladyse euerychon [folio 119]
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Bade me welcom, god wot, ryght gentilly,
And made me chere, euerych by on and on,
[These lines transferred in Trinity MS.] A gret dele better þen I wasse worthy;
[These lines transferred in Trinity MS.] And, of þair grace, schewd me gret courtesy
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