[6-text p 436]
Grysilde quod he as it were in his pley
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How lykyth þe myn wif & hire beaute
Ryȝt wel quod sche myn lord / for in good fey
A fayrere saugh I neuere non þan sche
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I preye to god / ȝeue ȝow prosperite
And so hope I þat he wele to ȝow sende
Plesaunce I-now vn-to ȝoure lyuys ende
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O thyng biseke I ȝow & warne also
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That ȝe ne pryke / with no turmentynge
This newe mayde as ȝe han don mo
ffor sche is fosteryd in hire norychynge
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More tenderely & to myn supposynge
Sche coude not aduercytee endure
As coude a pore fosterede creature
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And whan this waltyr saugh hire pacience
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Hire glad chere & non maleyce at al
And he so ofte hadde don hire offence
And sche ay sad & constaunt as a wal
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Conteynynge euere / hire innocent ouyr al
This sturdy Markys gan his herte dresse
To rewe vp-on hire / wifly stedefastnesse
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That is I-nogh Grisilde myn quod he
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Be now no moore a-gast ne euele a-payed
I haue thyn feyth & thyn benygnetee
As wel as euere weman was a-sayed
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In gret estat & porely arayed
Now knowe I deere wif / thyn stedefastnesse
And hire in armys took / & gan hyre kesse
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And sche for wondyr tok of it no kep [folio 257b]
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Sche herde not what thyng he to hire seyde
Sche ferde as sche hadde styrt out of hyre slep
Tyl sche out of hire masedenesse a-breyde
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