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Þe herte began to swelle withyn his chest,
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So sore streynëd for anguysh and for payn,
That all to pecis almost it to-brest,
When bothe at ones, so sore it did constrayn;
Desire was bold, but shame it gan [can H, dyd T.] refrayn;
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Þe ton [UH, That oon T.] was large, the tother [UH, that other T.] was full cloos;
No lytyll charge was leyd on hym, [UH, on hym was leyd T.] certeyn,
To kepe such ware, [werre H.] and haue so many foos.
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fful often tyme to speke, hym self he payned, [UH, feynyd T.] [folio 121b]
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But shamefastnes and drede seid euer 'nay;'
yit atte the last, so sore he was constreyned,
When he full longe hadde putte it in delay;
To his lady, right thus then gan he [UH, he gan to, T.] say
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With dredfull voys, wepyng, halfe in a rage,
"ffor me was purueied an vnhappy [UH, happy T.] day
Whan y first hadde a sight of youre vysage!
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"I suffre peyn, god wot, full hote [UH, sore T.] burnyng,
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To cause my dethe, all for my trew seruice;
And y se wele, ye reche [UH, rek T.] therof nothyng,
Nor take non hede of it in no kyns [UH, therof hede in no maner T.] wyse;
But when y speke, after my best avise, [UH, deuyse T.]
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ye set it at [om. HT.] nought, but make therof a game;
And though y sue [UH, shew T.] so grete an entirprise,
It peireth [UH, apeireth T.] not your wurship nor your fame.
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"Alas! what shuld be to you preiudice,
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yf þat a man do loue you faythefully,
To your [UH, euery T.] wurship, eschuyng euery vice?
So am y youres, and will be [UH, shalbe T.] verely;
