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To tempte his wyf ȝit oftere ȝif he may
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O needeles was sche temptid in assay
But weddede men ne knowe no mesure
Whan that þey fynde a pacient creature
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Wyf quod this Markys ȝe han herd er this
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Myn peple beryth hevye oure maryage
And namely sithe myn sone I-born is
Now is it werse than euere in al oure age
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The murmur sleth myn herte & myn corage
ffor to mynne eris comyth the vois so smerte
That it wel nygh distroyed hath myn herte
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Now sey they thus now Waltyr is a-goon
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Than schal the blood of Ianicle succede
And been oure lord / for oþere haue we non
Swich wordis seigh myn peple out of drede
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Weel oughte I of swich murmour takyn heede
ffor certeynly I drede swich sentence
Thogh they not pleynly speke in myn audience
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I wolde leue in pees ȝif that I myȝte [folio 251b]
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Wherfore I am disposed vttyrly
As I his sistyr seruede be nyghte
Ryȝt so thynke I to serue hym priuyly
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This warne I ȝow that ȝe nat sodeynly
Out of ȝoure self / for no woo schulde out-raye
Beth pacient & þerof I ȝow praye
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I haue quod sche seyd thus & euere schal
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I wol nothyng / ne nyl nothyng certeyn
But as þou lyst not / greuyth me at al
Thow that myn doughtir & myn sone be slayn
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At ȝoure comaundement it is to seyn
I haue not had no part of chyldere tweyne
But fyrst seknesse / & aftyr wo & peyne
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