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But for to speke of verteuous beaute
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þanne was sche on þe fairest vnder sonne
fful pouerely y-fostered was sche
No likerous lust was in hire herte ronne
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Wel oftere of þe welle þan of þe tonne
Sche drank for sche wolde vertues plese
Sche knew wel labour but non ydel ese
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¶ But þough þis mayden tendre were of age
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ȝet in þe brest of hire virginite [folio 131b]
Ther was y-closed rype and scharpe corage
And in a gret reuerence and charite
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hire olde pouere fader fostred sche
A fewe scheep spynnyng on feld sche kepte
Sche nolde not ben ydel til þat sche slepte
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And whan sche com homward sche wolde bringe
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Wortes or oþer herbes tymes ofte
The which sche schredde and seth for hir lyuynge
And made hir bed ful harde and no þing softe /
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And ay sche kepte hir faderes lif on lofte
Wiþ euery obeissance and diligence
That childe may do to faderes reuerence /
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¶ vpon Grisilde þe pouer creature
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fful ofte siþe þe marquys sette his ye
As he on huntyng rood perauenture
And whan it fell þat he might hir aspye
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he not wiþ wantoun lokyng of folye
his eyen caste on hire but in sad wyse
vpon hir cheere he wolde him ofte auyse
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¶ Commendyng in his herte hir wommanhede
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And eek hire vertu passyng any wight
Of so ȝong age as wel in cheere as in dede
ffor þough þe poeple haue no gret insight
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