Parfay thoghte he / fantome is in myn heed
I oghte deme / of skilful Iuggement
That in the salte see / my wyf is deed
And afterward / he made his Argument
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What woot I / if that Crist haue hyder ysent
My wyf by see / as wel as he hire sente
To my contree / fro thennes that she wente
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And after Noon / hoom with the Senatour
Goth Alla / for to seen this wonder chaunce
This Senatour / dooth Alla greet honour
And hastifly / he sente after Custaunce
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But trusteth weel / hire liste nat to daunce
Whan þat she wiste / wherfore was that sonde
Vnnethe / vp on hir feet she myghte stonde
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¶ Whan Alla saugh his wyf faire he hire grette
And weep / that it was routhe for to see
ffor at the firste look he on hire sette
He knew wel verraily / that it was she
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And she for sorwe / as doumb stant as a tree
So was hir herte shet in hir distresse
Whan she remembred / his vnkyndenesse
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Twyes she swowned / in his owene sighte
He weep / and hym excuseth pitously
Now god quod he / and hise halwes brighte
So wisly on my soule / as haue mercy
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That of youre harm / as giltlees am I
As is Maurice my sone / so lyk youre face
Elles the feend / me fecche out of this place
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¶ Long was the sobbyng/ and the bitter peyne
Er that / hir woful hertes myghte cesse
Greet was the pitee / for to heere hem pleyne
Thurgh whiche pleintes / gan hir wo encresse
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