[6-text p 406]
Only þat poynt his poeple bar so sore
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That flokmel on a day to him þay went
And oon of hem that wisest was of lore
Or elles þat þe lord wolde best assent
That he schuld telle him what his poeple ment
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Or ellis couþe he schewe wel such matiere
he to þe marquys sayd as ȝe schuln hiere
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O noble marquys . ȝoure humanite
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Assureth vs and ȝiueth vs hardynesse
As ofte as tyme is of necessite
That we to ȝow may telle oure heuynesse
Acceptith lord now . of ȝour necessite
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That we with pitous hert vnto ȝow playne
And let ȝoure eeris my vois not disdeyne
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And haue I nought to doon in þis matere
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More þan anoþer man haþ in þis place /
Ȝit for as moche as ȝe my lord so deere
han alway schewed me fauour and grace
I dar þe better ask of ȝow a space /
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And audience to asken oure request/
And ȝe my lord to doon right as ȝow lest [folio 118a]
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For certes lord so wel vs likith ȝow
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And al ȝour werk and euer han doon þat we
Ne couþen not deuysen how
we mighte lyue more in felicite
Saue oon þing lord if þat ȝour wille be
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That for to be a weddid man ȝow list/
Than were ȝour peple in souereign hertes rest /
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Bowith ȝour neck . vndir þat blisful ȝok
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Of souereignete . nought of seruise
which þat men clepe spousail or wedlok
And thenkith lord among ȝour þoughtes wise /
