Dame, if hit is þi wille,
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Boþ dernelike and stille,
Ich wille þe loue."
"Þat woldi don for non þin[g], [MS. þin.]
Bi houre louerd, heuene-king,
Þat ous is boue!
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Ich habe mi louerd þat is mi spouse,
Þat maiden broute me to house [M. meiden.]
Mid menske I-nou; [W. & M. i-nou. MS. I nou.]
He loueþ me and ich him wel,
Oure loue is also trewe as stel,
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Wiþ-houten wou. [W. & M. With houten, MS. Wiþ houten.]
Þau he be from hom on his hernde,
Ich were ounseli, if ich lernede
To ben on hore.
Þat ne shal neuere be,
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Þat I shal don selk falsete, [W. & M. falseté.]
On bedde ne on flore.
Neuer more his lif-wile,
Thau he were on hondred mile
Bi-ȝende rome, [MS. Bi ȝende rome.]
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For no þing ne shuldi take [W. & M. shuld I.]
Mon on erþe to ben mi make,
Ar his hom-come."
