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¶ He bringeþ hir to Rome And to his wif
He ȝaf hire and hire ȝonge sone also
And wiþ þe Senatur sche led hir lif
Thus can owre lady bringen oute of wo
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Woful Constance and mony anoþere mo
And longe time dwelled sche in þis place
In holy werkes euer as was hire grace
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¶ The Senatour wif hire [[MS corrected]] Aunte was
Bot for alþat sche knewe hire neuere more
.I. wil no longer tarien in þis cas
Bot to kinge Alla whiche .I. spake of ȝore
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That for his wif wepeþ and sikeþ sore
.I. wil retorne and lete .I. wil Constance
Vnder þe Senatour gouernance
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Kinge Alla whiche þat had his moder sleyne
Vppon a daie fel in suche repentance
Þat . if .I. schortly tellen schall and pleyne
To Rome he comeþ to receyuen his penance
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And put him in þe popes ordinan[c]e [folio 77a]
In hihe and lowe and ihesu crist be-souht
ffor-ȝeue his wikked werke þat he wrouht
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¶ The fame anone þorwhe Rome toune is borne
Howe alla kinge scha com in pilgrenage
Be herberioures þat went him be forne
ffor whiche þe Senatour as was þe vsage
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Rode him aȝeine and mony of his lignage
Als wele to schewe his magnificence
As to done any kenge a reuerence
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¶ Grete chiere doþe þis noble Senatour
To kinge Alla and he to him also
Eueriche of hem doþ to oþere grete honour
And so be-fel þat on a daie or two
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