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For which it semyd þis þat of hem tuo
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Þer nas but oo wil for as walter lest/
The same plesaunce was hir lust also
And god by thanked al fel for þe best/
Sche schewed wel. for no worldly vnrest
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A wyf as of hir self no þing ne scholde
wylne in effect. but as hir housbond wolde
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The sclaunder of walter ofte and wyde spradde
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That of a cruel hert he wikkedly
For he a pore womman weddid hadde
hath morthrid boþe his children priuely
Such murmur was among hem comunly
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No wonder is for to þe peples eere
Ther com no word. but þat þay mortherid were /
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For which wher as his peple þer byfore
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had loued him wel þe sclaunder of his diffame
Made hem þat þay him hatede þerfore
To ben a mordrer. is an hateful name
But naþeles for ernest or for game
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he of his cruel purpos nolde stente
To tempt his wyf was set al his entente
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Whan þat his doughter twelf ȝer was of age
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he to þe court of Rome in suche wise
Enformed of his wille sent his message
Comaundyng hem. such bulles to deuyse
As to his cruel purpos may suffise
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how þat þe pope as for his peples reste
Bad him to wedde anoþer if him leste
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I say he bad þay schulde countrefete
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The popes bulles makyng mencioun
That he haþ leue his firste wyf to lete
As by þe popes dispensacioun
