[6-text p 434]
Nought oonly lord þat I am glad quod sche /
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To don ȝour lust . but I desire also /
Ȝow for to serue and plese in my degre
wiþoute feynyng and schal euer mo
Ne neuer for no wele ne for no wo
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Ne schal þe gost wiþinne myn herte stente /
To loue ȝow best wiþ al my trewe entent
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And wiþ þat word sche gan þe hous to dight
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And tables for to sette and beddes make [folio 129b]
And peyned hir to doon al þat sche might
Preying þe chamberers for goddes sake
To hasten hem and faste swepe and schake
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And sche þe moste seruisable of alle /
haþ euery chamber arrayed and his halle /
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Abouten vndern gan þis lord alight
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Þat with him brought þese noble children tweye
For which þe peple ran to se þat sight
Of her array so richely biseye
And þan at erst amonges hem þay seye
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That walter was no forþ þough that him lest
To chaunge his wyf . for it was for þe best /
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For sche is fairer . as þay demen alle /
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Than is Grisild and more tender of age
And fairer fruyt bitwen hem schulde falle
And more plesaunt for hir high lynage
hir broþer eek . so fair was of visage
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That hem to seen þe peple haþ caught plesaunce
Comending now þe marquys gouernaunce
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O stormy poeple . vnsad and euer vntrewe
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And vndiscret and chaungyng as a fane
Desyryng euer in rombel þat is newe
For lik þe moone ay wax ȝe and wane
