[6-text p 421]
That for vs deyede vp-on a coroys of tree
Thyn soule lytyl chyld I the be-take
ffor this nyȝt schat þou deye for myn sake
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I trowe that to a norys in this cas
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It hadde been hard / this routhe for to see
Weel myghte a modyr / þanne han cryede allas
But nathelas / sad / & stedefast was sche
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That sche endurede / al aduercite
And to þe sergeaunt / mekelyche sayde
Haue here agayn / ȝoure ȝynge lite mayde
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Seth now quod sche & doth myn lordis heste [folio 250b]
But on thyng wele I preye ȝow of ȝoure grace
That but myn lord forbad ȝow at the leste
Berieth this lite bodi in sum place
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That bestis ne non oþere briddis it to-race
But he no word wolde to þat purpos seye
But tok the child & wente vp-on hise weye
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This sergeant cam vn-to his lord a-geyn
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And of grysildis wordis & hire chere
He told hym word in schort pleyn
And hym presentyth with his doughtyr dere
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Sumwhat this lord hadde routhe in this manere
But natheles his purpos held he stylle
As lordys doon whan they welen han here wille
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And bad this segeaunt þat he priuyly
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Schulde this chyld softe wynde & wrappe
With alle cyrcumstauncis tenderely
And carye it in a cofere or in a lappe
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But vp peyne of his hed of for to swappe
That no man schulde knowe of his entente
Ne whens he cam ne wheþer þat he wente
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