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O tender deere . ȝonge children myne
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Ȝoure woful moder wende stedefastly
That cruel houndes or som foul vermyne
had eten ȝow but god of his mercy
And ȝour benigne fader tenderly
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hath doon ȝow kept and in þat same stounde
Al sodeinly sche swapped doun to grounde /
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And in hir swough so sadly holdith sche
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hir children tuo . whan sche gan hem tembrace
That with gret sleight and gret difficulte
The children from her am þay gonne arace
O many a teer . o many a pitous face.
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Doun ran of hem þat stooden hir bisyde
Vnnethe aboute hir mighte þay abyde
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Waltier hir gladith and hir sorwe slakith
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Sche rysith vp abaisshed from hir traunce
And euery wight hir ioy and feste makith
Til sche hath caught agayn hir continaunce
wauter hir doth so faithfully plesaunce
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That it was daynte for to see þe cheere
Bitwix hem tuo . now þay be met in feere
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These ladys whan þat þay her tyme say
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han taken hir and in to chambre goon
And strippen hir . out of hir rude array
And in a cloth of gold þat brighte schon
with a coroun of many a riche stoon
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vpon hir heed þay in to halle hir brought
And þer sche was honoured as hir ought
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Thus hath þis pitous day a blisful ende
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For euery man and womman doth his might
This day in mirth and revel to despende
Til on þe welken schon þe sterres bright
