[6-text p 419]
Schewe now ȝoure / pacience in ȝoure werkyng
That ȝe me hyȝte / & swore in ȝoure wyllage
That day that maked / was oure mariage
Line 497
Whan sche hadde herd al this she noght a-meued [folio 249b]
Neythir in word / ne chire nor cuntenaunce
ffor as it semede sche was nat agreuyd
Sche seyde lord al lyth in ȝore plesaunce
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Myn chyld & .I. / with hertely obey-saunce
Been ȝourys al & ȝe mowe saue or spille
Youre owene thyng werkyth aftyr ȝoure wylle
Line 504
There may no thyng god so myn soule saue
Line 505
Lykyn ȝow þat may displesyn me
Ne I desyre nothyng for to haue
Ne drede for to lese saue only thee
Line 508
T[h]is wil is in myn herte & ay schal bee
No lenthe of tyme or deth schal this defase
Ne change myn corage tyl a-noþer place
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Glad was this markis of this answeryng
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But ȝit he feynede as it were nat so
Al drery was hise chir & hise lokynge
Whan þat he schulde out of the chambir goo
Line 515
Sone aftyr this a furlong woy or too
He pryuyly hath told al his entente
Vn-to a man & to his wif hym sente
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A maner seriaunt was this priue man
Line 519
The whiche that fei[t]hful ofte he foundyn hadde
In thyngis grete & ek swiche folk wel kan
Doon execucioun / in thyngis badde
Line 522
The lord knew wel that he hym louede & dradde
And whan this sergeaunt / wiste this lordis wille
In-to þe chaumbre / he stalke hym ful stylle
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