[6-text p 434]
Nat only lord þat I am glad quod sche
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To do ȝoure lust / but .I. desyre also
ȝow for to serue & plese in myn degre
With-outyn feyntynge & schal euere mo
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Ne neuere for no wele ne no wo
Ne schal myn gost with-inne myn herte stente
To loue ȝow best / with al myn hol entente
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And with that word sche gan the hous to dighte
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And tabellis for to sette & al redy make
And peynede hire to don al þat sche myȝte
Preyinge þe chambereris for godis sake
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To haste hem & faste swepe & shake
And sche þe moste / seruyable of alle
Hath euery chambre arayed and his halle
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A-boutyn vndryn gan this erl a-lyȝte
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That with hym broghte these noble childere tweye
ffor which the peple ran to seen the syght
Of hire aray so rychely be seye
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And thanne at erst a-mongis hem they seye
That waltyr was no fol thow þat hym leste
To chonge his wyf / for it was for the beste
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ffor sche is fayrere as they demyn alle [folio 256b]
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As is Gresilde & more tendere of age
And fayrere freut be-twen hem schulde falle
And more plesaunt for hire heye lenage
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Hire brothir ek so fayr was of visage
That hem to sen þe peple hath caught plesaunce
Comendynge now þe Markys gouernaunce
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O stormy puple / on sad & euere vntrewe [Auctor]
Ay vndiscret & chaungynge as a fane
Delytynge euere in rumbul þat is newe
ffor lyk the mone / ay waxe ȝe & wane
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