And wite ye wele, he sighëd tenderly
ffor his sorowes and wofull rémembraunce.
Then in hym self he made his ordynaunce,
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And forth-with-all cam to bryng in the mes;
But, for to Iuge his [UH, But to beholde with T.] moste rewfull semblaunce,
God wot it was a petous entremes.
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After dynér, anone they hem avaunsed
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To daunce aboute, these [UH, the T.] folkës euerychon;
And forth-with-all þis heuy lover [louer HT, om. U.] daunced,
Sumtyme with tweyne, and sum tyme but with on:
Vnto hem all, his chere was after [UH, euer T.] on,
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Now here, now there, as fill by áuenture;
But euer among, [among HT, anone U.] he drow to hir allon,
Which he most dredde, [UH, louyd T.] of lyuyng crëature.
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To myn avise, god [good H.] was his puruiaunce [folio 120b]
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When he hir chase [UH, chose T.] to his maystres allone,
If þat hir herte were sette to his plesaunce
As moche as was hir beauteous persone;
ffor who þat euer setteth [sett H, wyll set T.] his trust vppon
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Þe réporte of thair yen, withouten [UH, such oon then without T.] more,
he myght be dede, and grauen vnder a [om. HT.] stone,
Or euer she [UT, he H.] shuld, his hertis ease restore.
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In hir faylëd no thyng, þat y couthe [as I koude H, þat I cowde T.] gesse [En la dance ne failloit riensNe plus auent ne plus arriere] Line 173 O wyse nor other, [On vice ner othir H, In any wyse nether T.] pryue nor apert; [or perte H, ne perte T.] A garnyson [UH, gramyson T.] sche was of all goodnesse, [UH, goodlynesse T.] To make a frounter [Fr. frontiere, front rank (make an attack on).—Skeat.] for a louers herte;
