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Petrus Damyanus tellis how som tyme þer was a duke at had a wyfe þat liffed̛ so delicatlie & so tenderly þat sho wolde nott wassℏ hur with common̛ watirs as we do, bod sho wolde gar hur maydyns gader þe dew on̛ sommer mornyngis at sho mot wassℏ hur with. And sho wold̛ not tucℏe hur meate with hur
handis hur selfe, bod after hur carvur had cutt itt in morcels sho wold̛ take it vpp̛ with poyntels & crukis of gold̛ & putt itt in hur mowthe. And sho wolde make hur bed so redolent savurand with spice þat it was a mervayle to teƚƚ off. And as sho liffid̛ þus, be þe rightwusnes of God̛, sho was so smytyn̛ with canker and seknes þat sho rotid̛ so, & sho on̛ life, þat no creatur mot fele þe stynk̘ of hur; to so mekuƚƚ at aƚƚ folke lefte hur & aƚƚ hur servandis, bod onelie a damyseƚƚ þat was left to kepe hur; & yitt sho mott not com̛ att hur for stynk̘ with-oute sho had at hur nece many wele-saueryng spycis; & yitt sho mott not tarie with hur no tyme for horrible stynk̘. And when̛ sho had ligen̛ þus many day sho dyed̛, & no body with hur. et c̛.