Parfay thouȝte he fantome is in myn hed [folio 209a]
I oghte deme of ryȝtful iugement
That in þe salte se myn wif is ded
And aftyr he made hise argument
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What wot I if þat crist hath hire I-sent
Myn wif be se as wel as he hire sente
To myn cuntre from þens þat sche wente
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And aftyr non hom with þe senatour
Goth alla for to se þis wondyr chaunce
This senatour doth alla gret honour
And hastilyche he sente aftyr custaunce
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But trustyth wel hire lyste not to daunce
Whan þat sche wiste wherfore was þat sonde
Oneþe vp-on hire feet sche myȝte stonde
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Whan Alla saw his wif fayre he hire grette
And wep þat it was routhe for to se
ffor at þe ferste lok he on hyre sette
He knewe wel verayly þat it was sche
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And sche for sorwe as doumb stant as a tre
So was hire herte set in distresse
Whan sche remembrede hys vnkyndenesse
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Twyes sche swounnyth in hise owene syghit
He wepte & hym excuseth pitously
Now god quod he & hise halwis bryȝte
So wisely on myn soule as haue mercy
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That of ȝoure harm as gilteles am I
As is Mauryce myn sone so lyk ȝoure face
Ellis þe fend me feche out of þis place
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Long was þe sobyng & þe bittere peyne
Er þat hire woful hertis myȝtyn cesse
Gret was þe pyte for to here hem pleyne
Thorgh whiche pleyntis gan hire wo encrese
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