[6-text p 406]
‖ Only þat poynt his peple bare so sore [Sloane 1685, on leaf] 130, back.
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þat flok/ mele on a day þei went
[And oon of hem that wisest was of lore.
Or ellis that the lorde wolde best/ assent. [Harl. 1758 folio 114b] ]
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þat he shulde telle hym what his peple ment
Or elles coude he wele shewe suche mater
he to þe Marquis sayd as ȝe shulle here
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O noble Marquis your humanyte [Sloane MS 1685 folio 131a]
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Assuresse vs and ȝeue vs hardynesse
As ofte tyme as hit ys necessite
þat we you mowe telle oure heuynesse
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Accepteth lord/ of youre gentilnesse
þat we to you with pitous hert compleyne
And let youre Eres nouȝt my voyce disdeyne
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Alle haue I nouȝt/ to done in þis matere
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None þan an other hathe in þis place
ȝit for asmoche as ȝe my lord so dere
haue alway shewed fauoure & grace
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I. dare þe better/ aske of you a space
Of audience to shewen oure request/
And ȝe my lord to done riȝt as you lust
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ffor certes lord so wele vs lyketh you
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And alle youre werkes and euere haue don þat we ·
Ne coude not oure owen self devisen howe
we myȝt more lyf/ in felicite
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Safe on þenge lord yf hit youre wille be
þat for to be a wedded man ȝif þou lyst
þan were youre pepull in soueren hertes rest/ [[Sloane 1685 extract ends]]
Bowith ȝoure nekke / vndyr þe blysful ȝok [Cambr. Univ. Lib. MS Gg. 4. 27] [folio 244a]
Of souereynte / & not of seruyse
Which þat men clepe / sponsayle or wedlok
And thynkith lord / a-mong ȝoure thouȝtys wyse
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