"Ȝe," quod þe vox, "al þou most sugge, [W. & M. quad.]
Oþer elles-wer þou most abugge." [MS. elles wer.]
"Gossip," quod þe wolf, "forȝef hit me,
Ich habbe ofte sehid qued bi þe,
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Men seide þat þou on þine liue
Misferdest mid mine wiue;
Ich þe aperseiuede one stounde, [W. & M. aperseivede.]
And in bedde togedere ou founde. [W. & M. to-gedere.]
Ich wes ofte ou ful ney,
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And in bedde to-gedere ou sey. [MS. to gedere ou ley, M. sey.]
Ich wende, al-so oþre doþ,
Þat ich I-seie were soþ, [W. & M. i-seie, MS. I seie.]
And þerfore þou were me loþ;
Gode gossip, ne be þou nohut wroþ."
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"Vuolf," quod þe vox him þo, [W. & M. quad.]
"Al þat þou hauest her bifore I-do, [W. & M. i-do, MS. I do.]
In þohut, in speche, and in dede,
In euche oþeres kunnes quede,
Ich þe forȝeue at þisse nede."
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"Crist þe forȝelde!" þe wolf seide.
"Nou ich am in clene liue,
Ne recche ich of childe ne of wiue.
Ac sei me wat I shal do,
And ou ich may comen þe to."
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