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Ther kan no man / in humblesse hym acquite
As womman kan / ne been half so trewe
As wommen been / but it be falle of newe
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[PART VI.]
¶ ffro Boloigne / is this Erl of Pavyk come [folio 103a]
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Of which the fame vp sprang to moore and lesse
And in the peples eres / alle and some
Was kouth eek / that a newe Markysesse
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He with hym broghte / in swich pompe and richesse
That neuere was ther seyn / with mannes eye
So noble array / in al Westlumbardye
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¶ The Markys / which that shoope and knew al this
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Er that this Erl was come / sente his message
ffor thilke / sely poure Grisildis
And she with humble herte / and glad visage
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Nat with no swollen thoght in hire corage
Cam at his heste / and on hire knees hire sette
And reuerently / and wisely she hym grette
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¶ Grisilde quod he / my wyl is outrely
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This mayden / that shal wedded been to me
Receiued be / to morwe as roially
As it possible is / in myn hous to be
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And eek / that euery wight in his degree
Haue his estaat in sittyng and seruyse
And heigh plesance / as I kan best deuyse
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¶ I haue no wommen / suffisant certayn
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The chambres / for tarraye in ordinance
After my lust and therfore wolde I fayn
That thyn were / al swich manere gouernance
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Thou knowest eek of old al my plesance
Thogh thyn array be badde and yuel biseye
Do thou thy deuoir / at the leeste weye
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