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Grisyld quod he as it were in his play
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how likith þe my wif and hir beaute
Right wel my lord quod sche for in good fay
A fairer saugh I neuer noon þan sche
I pray to god ȝiue hir prosperite
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And so hope I . þat he wol to ȝow sende
Plesaunce ynough vnto ȝour lyues ende /
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On þing warn I ȝow and biseke also /
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That ȝe ne prike wiþ no tormentynge
Þis tendre mayden as ȝe haue do mo
For sche is fostrid in hir norischinge
More tendrely and to my supposynge /
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Sche couþe not aduersite endure
As couþe a pore fostrid creature
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And whan þis walter saugh hir pacience
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hir glade cheer and no malice at al
And he so oft had doon to hir offence
And sche ay sad . and constant as a wal
Continuyng euer hir Innocence oueral
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This sturdy marquys gan his herte dresse
To Rewen vpon hir wyfly stedefastnesse /
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This is ynough Grisilde myn quod he [folio 130b]
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Be now no more agast ne yuel apayed
I haue thy faith and þy benignite
As wel as euer womman was assayed
In gret estate and propreliche arrayed
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Now knowe I dere wyf þy stedefastnesse
And hir in armes took and gan hir kesse
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And sche for wonder took of it no keepe
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Sche herde not what þing he to hir sayde
Sche ferd as sche had stert out of a sleepe
Til sche out of hir masidnesse abrayde
