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Allas quod sche that euyr/ I was so kynde. [[Harl. 1758]]
Now dame quod he let all passe out/ of mynde.
Come doun my leef/ and if I haue myssaide.
God helpe me so as I am euyll apaide. [Harl. 1758 folio 88b]
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But be my fadir/ soule I wende haue seyne.
How that this Damyan had bi the leyne.
And that thi smok/ had leyne vp on thi brest.
Ye sir/ quod sche ye may wene as you lest.
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But sir/ a man that waketh out/ of his slepe.
He may not sodenly well take kepe.
Vp on a thyng/ ne seen it parfitly.
Till that he be a dawe verraily.
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Right so a man that long/ hath blynde be
Ne may not sodenly so well se.
ffirst whan the sight is newe comen a-geyne.
As he that hath a day or two seyne.
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Till that your/ sight stablid be a while
Ther/ may full many a sight/ you be-gile.
Beth ware I pray you for bi heuen kyng
ffull many a man weneth for to se a thyng.
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And it/ is all another/ than it semeth.
He that mys conceyueth mys demeth.
And with that word sche leep doun fro the tre.
This Ianuarye who is glad but he.
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He kisseth hir/ and clippeth hir/ full ofte.
And on hir/ wombe he strokith hir/ full softe.
And to his paleis hoom he hath hir/ lad.
Now good men I pray you to be glad.
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Thus endith here my tale of Ianuarye.
God blisse vs and his modir/ seynt Marye. AmeN./ [[Harl. 1758 extract ends]]
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Here endith the Marchauntis Tale.]
