¶ And he answerde / rather than I lese
Custance./ I wol be cristned doutelees
I moot been hires / I may noon oother chese
I prey yow / hoold youre argumentz in pees
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Saueth my lyf / and beth noght recchelees
To geten hire / that hath my lyf in cure
For in this wo / I may nat longe endure
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¶ What nedeth / gretter dilatacion
I seye / by tretys / and Embassadrie
And by / the popes mediacion
And al the chirche / and al the chiualrie
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That in destruccion of Maumettrie
And in encrees / of cristes lawe deere
They been acorded / so as ye shal heere
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How that the sowdan / and his Baronage
And alle hise liges / sholde ycristned be
And he shal han / Custance / in mariage
And certein gold / I noot what quantitee
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And heer to founden / sufficient suretee
This same accord / was sworn on eyther syde
Now faire Custance / almyghty god thee gyde
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¶ Now wolde som men / waiten as I gesse [folio 56a]
That I sholde tellen / al the purueiance
That themperour / of his grete noblesse
Hath shapen / for his doghter dame Custance
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Wel may men knowen / þat so greet ordinance
May no man tellen / in a litel clause
As was arrayed / for so heigh a cause
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Bisshopes been shapen / with hire for to wende
Lordes / ladies / knyghtes of renoun
And oother folk ynogh / this is thende
And notified is / thurgh out the toun
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