Soo þat þey may too thy mercy ateyne.
At thys parlament most in Asspeciall;
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as þou art oure Iuge, so be egall
Too euery wygth þat louyth feythefully,
And aftyr hys dyssert grante hym mercy!"
And whan this songe was songe and done, [folio 52]
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Then went these ladyes eueryschone
Vn-too A schambyr where they scholde
Take theire places, yong and olde,
like as þat they where of astate
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For tescheue all maner debate.
There sawe I first the goddesse of loue
In here see sitte, rigth ferre aboue,
And many othyr þat ther where.
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yitt for too tell whom y sawe there,
It passit now rigth ferre my wytte;
But, among all, I sawe one sitte
whiche was the feyryst creature
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þat euer was furmyd by nature;
and here beaute now too dyscryvye
Ther can noo mannes vyttes alywe.
yett as ferre as y can or may
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Of [MS. Oof.] here beaute sum-what too say,
I will applye my wittes all;
For here I am & euyr schall
Too speke of schape and semelynesse,
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Off stature & of goodlynesse;
here sydes longe with myddyll smale,
here face well coulord and not pale,
With white and rode ryth well mesuryd;
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And ther-too schee was well emyred,
And stode in euery mannes grace, [folio 52b]
This goodly yong and fresche of face;
and too speke of condicion,
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Coude noo man fynde in noo region
