Þat haþ al mine hert & þouȝt!
& y no misgilt hir neuer nouȝt,
Bot on þat ichir loue wel,
& euer more loue schel!
Ȝif ich it hir schewe, sche wil telle
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Hir fader, & he me wil quelle.
Þei he it wist, siker apliȝt,
More þan me sle don he no miȝt.
Ȝif he me slouȝ, it were schonde,
Schuld y þan for deþ wonde;
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To hir for soþe ichil go
& schewe hir of mi michel wo.
Vnder heuen [n]is so strong þing [folio 110a:2]
So is loue and wowing.
Now,' he seyd, 'what for þan?
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Þei ich hir loue, blame me noman;
To warant ichil drawe atte frome
Þat loue doþ me þider come,
& þat loue doþ me go to þe
Þat y no may wiþ-hold me.'
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With þis Gij arisen is, [C line 293]
& to þe gate goþ y-wis.
'God,' quod Gij, 'y do foliliche:
Y sle me seluen sikerliche;
Mine owhen [deþ] y go now secheinde.
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God,' he seyd, 'be mine helpinde!'
Adoun he fel a-swounie;
& when he gan to dawei,
'To þe court,' he seyd, 'ichil go,
Be it for wele or for wo:
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To þe court ichil, what so bitide,
Þei gret strengþe me do abide.'
Now is Gij to court y-comen [C line 295]
As man þat is wiþ sorwe y-nome,
& in to an erber he is y-go,
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Felice findeþ þer in þo;
