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Of his sponsayle as sone as euere he may
ffor ȝit alwey þe puple sumwhat dredde
Lest þat þe markes no wyf wolde wedde
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He grauntede hem a day swych as hym leste [folio 245a]
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On which he wolde be weddit sekyrly
And seyde he dede al þis at his requeste
And þey with humble entent buxsomly
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Knelynge vp-on hire kneis ful reuerently
Hym thankede alle & þus þey han an ende
Of hire entent & hom a-geyn þey wende
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And here vp on he to hise offyserys
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Comaundith for þe feste to purueye
And to hyse priue knyȝtis & squyerys
Swich charge ȝaf as hym leste on hem leye
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And þey to hise comandementis obeye
And ech [[In a later hand over an erasure.]] of hem doth al his dilygence
To don vn-to þe feste reuerence
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[PART II.]
[N [[A space has been left in the MS for this letter.]] ] Oght fer from thilke paleys honurable
Where as þis Markys / schop his maryage
Ther was a thorpt of sighte delytable
In which þat poore folk of þat village
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Haddyn here bestis & here herbergage
And of hire labour tok here sustenaunce
Aftyr þat þe erþe / ȝaf hem habundaunce
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A-mongys þese poore / folk þere dwellede a man
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Whiche þat was holde / poreste of hem alle
But highe god / sumtyme sende can
His grace in-to / a lytyl oysis stalle
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Ianicula / men of þat thorp hym calle
A doughtyr he hadde / fayr & ȝyng to syȝte [grisild [[In a later hand.]] ]
And Grysilde / þis ȝynge maydyn hyȝte
