Ac now þai worþ wiþ þe priue,
& better þan alle we.
& topen al þis, ȝif Gij wer ded,
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We miȝten haue þe lesse dred.'
When Gij herd Otus speke so, [C line 2645]
Als a wilde bore he lepe him to:
'Otus!' quaþ Gij, 'þou schalt daye,
When þou of tresoun clepes ous baye,
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Boþe Segyn & eke me:
Þou it schal abie, bi mi leute!'
Him he smot wiþ his fest
Amide the teþ, riȝt al in [al in on an erasure.] ernest.
Ac þe barouns bitvene hem goþ,
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& þemperour swore his oþ,
Ȝif ani þer were so hardy
Þat dede oþer schame oþer vilanie,
Bren men him scholde, oþer to-hewe, [a letter erased before hewe.]
Oþer al to-hewe [to-drawe?] at wordes fewe.
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Þan doþ þai crie þurch þe cuntraye,
Þat of þo wordes no man schuld saye;
'& ȝif þer doþ, wiþ-outen no,
Hond oþer fot he schal for-go.'
¶ Than seyd þemperour on þis maner [C line 2675]
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To þe douke Segyn oforn hem þer:
'Sir douke, ichil loue þe:
Wiif þou schalt haue bi me.
A feir soster ich haue in mi bour
Ichil þe ȝif,' quaþ þemperour:
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'Erneborwe hat þat may.' [folio 121a:b]
Anon he hir spoused þat day.
Þe bridale was holden wiþ game, y pliȝt.
Neuer ȝet nas non fairer in siȝt.
He loued hir, & worþ-schiped swiþe:
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To his cite he ladde hir siþe,
He and Ernneborwe his leuedi
Þer hii wold soiornij. [MS. soiormij]
