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¶ Done fro þe Castel commeþ þere mony a whihte
To gauren on þis schep and on Constance
Bot schortly fro þe castel on a nyht
The lord steweard god ȝiue him meschance
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A þef þat had reneyde oure creance
Com vn schip alon and seide he schold
Hir lemman be where sche wolde or nolde
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¶ Woo was þis wreched womman woo be gone
Hir Childe cride and sche cried pitously
Bot blisse-ful Marye helped hir a none
ffor wiþþe hir strogelinge wele and myhtily
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The þef fel ouere þe borde al sodanly.
And in þe se he drenched for vengance
And þus haþ crist vnvenemed keped Custance
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¶ O foule lust of luxurie lo þine ende
Not onely þat þou faintest mannes mynde
Bot verraili þou wilt his body schende
The ende of þi werk or of þi lust-is blinde
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Is compleigneinge howe many oone men maie finde
Þat not for werke sum time bot for þe entente
To done þis sinne bene eyþer sleyne or schente
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¶ Howe maie þis wayko womman haue þe strenkeþ
Hir to dofende aȝeine þis renegate
O golyas vnmesurable of lengeþe
Howe myht dauid make þe so mate
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So ȝonge and of Armour so desolate
Howe dorst he loke vpon þi dredeful face
Wele maie men seen it is bot goddes grace
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¶ Who ȝaf Iudith. Corage or hardinesse
To slene him Olefernus in his tent
And to deliuer oute of wrechednesse
Þe peple of god .I. seide for þis entente
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