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ffor moore solempne / in euery mannes syght
This feste was / and gretter of costage
Than was / the reuel / of hire mariage
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¶ fful many a yeer / in heigh prosperitee
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Lyuen thise two / in concord and in reste
And richely / his doghter maryed he
Vn-to a lord / oon of the worthieste
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Of al Ytaille / and thanne in pees and reste
His wyues fader/ in his court he kepeth
Til that the soule / out of his body crepeth
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His sone / succedeth in his heritage
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In reste and pees / after his fader day
And fortunat was eek/ in mariage
Al putte he nat his wyf/ in greet assay
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This world is nat so strong it is no nay
As it hath been / of olde tymes yoore
And herkneth / what this Auctour seith therfoore
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¶ This storie is seyd / nat for that wyues sholde [¶ Hanc historiam stilo nunc alto retexere visum fuit/ non tum ideo vt matronas nostri temporis ad imitan|dam huius vxoris pacienciam / que inimitabilis videtur / quam vt legentes ad imitandam saltem femine constanciam excitarent/. Vt que hec viro suo prestitit/ hoc prestare d[e]o nostro audeat/ qui|libet/ vt Iacobus ait apostolus / Intemptator sit/ malorum & ipse neminem temptat/ probat tamen & sepe nos multis ac grauibus flagellis exerceri sinit/ non vt animum nostrum sciat/ quem sciuit/ antequam crearemur &cetera. ]
ffolwen Grisilde / as in humylitee
ffor it were inportable / though they wolde
But for that euery wight in his degree
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Sholde be constant in aduersitee
As was Grisilde / therfore petrak writeth
This storie / which with heigh stile he enditeth
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ffor sith a womman / was so pacient [folio 105b]
Vn-to a mortal man / wel moore vs oghte
Receyuen al in gree / that god vs sent
ffor greet skile is / he preeue that he wroghte
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But he / ne tempteth no man / that he boghte
As seith seint Iame / if ye his pistel rede
He preeueth folk al day / it is no drede
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