[6-text p 551]
That was the cause he gan so nygh hym drawe
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To his ȝeman to herkenyn al his sawe
And thus he seyde vn-to his ȝeman tho
Hold thow thyn pees & spek no wordis mo
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ffor ȝif thow do thow schat it dere a-beye
Thow slaunderyst me / heere in this cumpaynye
And ek discouerist that thow schuldist hide
Ȝa quod oure ost telle on whatso betyde
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Of al this thretyng relke nat a myte
Infeyth quod he namore I do but lyte
And whan this chanoun saw it wolde nat be
But his ȝeman wolde telle his pryuyte
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He fledde a-wey for verray sorwe & schame
A quod the ȝeman here schal aryse game
Al that I can a-non now wele I telle
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Syn he is goon the foule fend hym quelle [folio 383a] [cut out of the Camb. MS.]
[ffore neuere here aftere wolle with hym mete [Sloane MS 1685 folio 167b]
ffor peny ne for pounde I be-hete
he þat me brouȝt/ fyrst/ in to þat game
Er/ þat he deyde sorowe haue he & shame
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ffor hit ys ernest/ to me by my fayþe
þat fele I wele what so ony man saythe
And ȝit for alle my smert and alle my greef /
And alle my sorowe laboure and myschef
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I couþe neuere leeue hit / in no wyse
Nowe wolde god my wytte myȝt / suffice
To tellen alle þat longethe to þat arte
But nathles ȝit wylle I telle you part
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Syþens þat my lorde ys gone I wolle not spare
Suche þenge as I knowe I wille declare
Here endith þe Prologge
