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¶ Madame He seide ȝe mot for-ȝiue it me
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Þouhe .I. do þinge whiche .I. am constreeyned
Ȝe bue so wise þat ful wele knowen ȝe
Þat lordes hestes mow nouȝt be feyned
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Þay may wele be weiled or compleyned
Bot most nede to here luste obeie.
And so wil .I. þer is no more to seie
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¶ This childe am .I. commaunded for to take
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And spak no more bot owte þe childe he hent
Dispytously and gan a chere make
As þouhe he wolde haue sleyne it ar he went
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Crisilde most al suffur and consent
And as a lombe sche sitteþ meke and still
And lete þis seriant haue al his will
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¶ Suspecious was þe fame of þis manne
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Suspecte his face suspecte his worde also
Suspecte þe time in whiche he þis be-ganne
Alas his douhter þat sche loued so
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Sche wende he wolde haue sleyne it riht þo
Bot naþeles sche neyþer wepped ne siked
Confemeinge hir to þat þat markes lyked
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¶ Bot att þe last speke sche began
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And mekely to þe seriant praiede
So as he was a worþi gentil man
Þat sche mot kisse hir childe ar þat it deide
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And in hire barme þis litel childe sche leide
Wiþ ful sadde face and gan þis childe to blisse
And lulled it and affter gan it kisse
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¶ And þus sche seide in hire benigne voice
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Fare wele my childe .I. schal þe neuer se
Bot seþe .I. haue þe merked wiþ þe croyse
Of þilke fader blissed mot þou be.
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