Right ȝonge and fressh, a woman full couert;
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Assured wele [UH, wele with T.] hir port, and eke hir chere,
Wele [UH, went T.] atte hir ease, withouten wo or smert,
All vndirnethe the standart of daungere.
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To se the fest, it weryd me full sore;
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ffor hevy ioye dothe the herte sore [sore the herte T, soore the hurte H.] trauaylle.
Out of the prees y me withdrow therfore,
And sette me down allon, behynde a trayll
ffull of leuès, to se, a gret mervayll:
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with grene wythies ybounden [UH, ybounde full T.] wundirly;
The leues were so thik, withouten fayll,
That thoroughout myght no man me [UH, man T.] aspye.
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To his lady he cam full curteysely, [folio 121]
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Whan he [UH, he hym T.] þought tyme to daunce with hir a trace;
Sith in an herber made full plesauntly
Thei rested them, fro thens but lytill space;
Nigh hem were non, a certeyn of compace, [UH, certeyn space T.]
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But onely they, as fer as y couthe se;
And safe [saue HT.] the trayll, there y [UH, there as T.] hadde chose my place,
Ther was nomore betuyxt hem tweyne [UH, ij. T.] and me.
(26)
I herde þe louer sighyng wondir sore;
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ffor ay þe ner, þe sorer it hym sought; [UH, thought T.]
his [UH, whos T.] inward payn he couthe [UH, cowde T.] not kepe in store,
Nor [ne HT.] for to speke, so hardy was he nought;
his leche was nere, þe gretter was his þought;
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he mused sore, to conquere his desire,
ffor noman may to more penaunce be brought,
Þen in his hete to bryng hym to þe fire.
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