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And stynte rancure & dissencioun
By-twixe þe puple & hym thus seyth þe bulle
The whiche they han pupliced at þe fulle
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The rude peple as it no wondyr is
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Wendyn ful wel that it hadde been ryȝt so
But whan these tydyngis cam to Grysildis
I deeme that hire herte was ful wo
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But sche I-like sad for euere mo
Disposede was this vmble cryature
Thaduersite / of fortune al tendure
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Abydynge euere his lust & his plesaunce
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To wom that sche was ȝeuyn herte & al
As to hire verray wordely suffysaunce
But schortely ȝif this story I tellyn schal
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This Markys wrytyn hath in special
A lettere in wheche he schewith hys entente
And secrely he to boloyne it sente
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To the erl of pauyk which þat hadde tho
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Wedded his sistyr preyede he specially
To brynge hym hom a-geyn his chyldere two
In honurable estat al opynly
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But on thyng he hym preyede vtterely
That he to no wyght for no manere.
Sholde not telle whos childre th[e]y were
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But seye the maydyn schulde I-weddid be
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Vn-to the markis of saluce a-non
And as this erl was preyed so dede he
ffor at the day set he on his weye is goon
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Toward saluce & lordis manyon
In ryche a-ray this made for to gyde
Hire ȝynge brothir rydynge by hire syde
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