By processe and by length of certein yeres
All stynt is the mournyng and the teres
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Of grekes by one generall assent
Than semed me there was a parlement
Among the which pointes spoken was
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At Athenes vp-on certein poyntes and caas
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To haue with certein encres aliaunce
And haue fully of Thebans obeisaunce
ffor which this noble Theseus anon
leten sende after gentell Palamon
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Vnwyst of hym what was the cause and why
But in his blake clothes sorowfully
he cam at his comaundement in hie
Tho sent Theseus for Emelye
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Whan they were set and hussh was all the place
And Theseus abyden hath a space
Er ony worde cam from his wyse brest
His yeen set he there as was his list
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And with a sad visage he sighed styll
And after þat right thus he seide his will
The first mouer of the cause aboue
whan he first made þe feir cheine of loue
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Grete was theffect and hie was his entent
Wele wist he why and what there-of he ment
ffor with þat feir chein of loue he bonde
The fire the eyer the water and the londe
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In certein bondes that they may nat fle
That same prince and þat mover quod he
hath stabliced in this wrecched world adoun
Certein dayes and duracioun
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To all that gendred is in this place
Ouer the which day they may nat pace
All mow they yit tho dayes a-brigge
There nedeth none auctorite to alegge
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ffor yt ys preued by experience /
But þat me list declaren my sentence [Eg. 2726 folio 38b]
