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She peyneth hire / to make good contenaunce
And forth I lete hir Sayle / in this manere
And turne I wole / agayn to my matere
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¶ [T]he moder of the Sowdan / welle of vices [folio 116b]
Espied hath / hir sones pleyn entente
How he wol lete / his olde sacrifices
And right anon / she for hir conseil sente
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And they ben come / to knowen what she mente
And whan assembled was / this folk in feere
She sette hir down / and seyde as ye shal heere
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¶ Lordes quod she / ye knowen euerychon
How þat my sone / in point is for to lete
The holy lawes / of oure Alkaron
Yeuen by goddes message [[a late curl for er is over the g.]] Makomete
But oon avow / to grete god I hete
The lyf shal rather / out of my body sterte
Than Makometes lawe / out of myn herte
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¶ What sholde vs tiden / of this newe lawe
But thraldom to oure bodies / and penaunce
And afterward / in helle to be drawe
ffor we reneyed / Mahoun oure creaunce
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But lordes / wol ye maken assuraunce
As I shal seyn / assentyng to my loore
And I shal make vs sauf / for euere moore
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¶ They sworen / and assenten euery man
To lyue with hire and dye / and by hir stonde
And euerich / in the beste wise he kan
To strengthen hire / shal alle hise freendes fonde
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And she hath / this emprise ytake on honde
Which ye shal heren / þat I shal deuyse
And to hem alle / she spak right in this wise
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