[6-text p 425]
But sche non answere myȝte haue
He wente his wey as hym nothyng rouȝte
But to bolonye he tenderly it brouȝte
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This Markys wonderyth euere lengere the more
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Vp on hire pacience & ȝif that he
Ne hadde sothli knowe ther by-fore
That parfytly hire childeryn louede sche
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He wolde a went / þat of subtilite
And of maleys or of crewel corage
That sche hath suffered / this with sad visage
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But weel he knew þat next hym self certeyn
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Sche louede hire childeryn best in euery wyse
But now of women wilde I axsyn fayn
If these assayis myghte not suffyse
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What coude a sturdy husbonde more deuyse
To preue hire 1wyffehode1 [[1_1 in a later hand.]] & hire stedefast-nesse
And he contynuynge euere in sturdynesse
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But þere been folk of swich condycioun
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That whan þey han a certeyn purpos take
They can not stynte of here entencioun
But ryȝt as they were boundyn to þat stake
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They wil not of that / ferste purpos slake
Right so this ilke markis fullyche hath supposed
To tempte his wyf / as he was fyrst purposed
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Here waytith / ȝif be word or cuntenaunce [folio 252b]
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That sche to hym was chaungit of corage
But neuere coude he fynde varyaunce
Sche was ay on in herte & in visage
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And ay þe ferthere þat sche was in age
The moore trewe ȝif þat it were possyble
Sche was to hym in loue & more penyble
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