Wat shuldich ine þe worlde go,
Þer nis bote kare and wo,
And liuie in fulþe and in sunne?
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Ac her beþ ioies fele cunne; [W. & M. joies.]
Her beþ boþe shep and get."
Þe wolf haueþ hounger swiþe gret,
For he nedde ȝare I-ete; [W. & M. i-ete, MS. I ete.]
And þo he herde speken of mete,
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He wolde bleþeliche ben þare. [W. & M. i-fere, MS. I fere.]
"A!" quod þe wolf, "gode I-fere,
Moni goed mel þou hauest me binome;
Let me adoun to þe kome. [W. & M. a-doun.]
And al ich wole þe for-ȝeue." [MS. for ȝeue.]
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"Ȝe," quod þe vox, "were þou I-sriue, [W. & M. i-srive, MS. I sriue.]
And sunnen heuedest al forsake,
And to klene lif I-take, [W. & M. i take, MS. I take.]
Ich wolde so bidde for þe,
Þat þou sholdest comen to me."
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"TO wom shuldich," þe wolfe seīde,
Ben I-knowe of mine misdede? [W. & M. i-knowe, MS. I knowe.]
Her nis noþing aliue,
Þat me kouþe her nou sriue.
