[6-text p 180]
ffor-yeue yt me myn owen spouse dere [[Sloane MS 1685]]
Turne hyderward and make me better chere
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Thys Marchaunt sawe þere was no remedy
And forto chyde it nere but foly
Seþen hit may not amendid be
And wyfe he sayde I forȝeue it þe
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But by þi lyf be no more so large.
Kepe better my gode þis ȝeue I þe in charge
Thus endeth nowe my tale and god vs sende
Talynge ynouȝe vnto our lyfes ende // Amen [Sloane MS 1685 folio 198a]
Here endeth þe tale of þe Shipman
