But hire þolemode [Fr. volentrive] pouerte,
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Þat nones kunnes [r. ginnes? cf. vv. 680, 675. Fr.:
Dont nul engin ne Þeut geterKe le chasteu peust rien grever.] assaylyng Ne may derue þe tour for no þing— Þorw whom [r. whon?] þe fend is ouer-comen, And his miht al by-nomen. [Fr. has 4 vv. more.]
FOr þis is þe ladi so gent & fre
Þat God seide of to þe Neddre on þe tre,
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Þat þer scholde comen a wommon blyþe [H. blyve]
Þat scholde al his pouste [Fr. chief, H. hed] to-dryue.
I-blessed be þis Buyrde of prys,
Þat ouer al oþure I-blessed is,
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Þat so feir was and good so sone
Þat of hir bodi [Fr. alme, H. soule] God made his trone
To his owne gistenynge,
And nom flesch & blod of hire, to bringe
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His folk out of prisoun;
Þat was vre Garysoun.
[Fr.
Iceste dame est bele assezKant tant par ad de bontez,Plus ke nule creature;Meis quant li solaus de droiture,Deuz, son seint cors enumbrat,Mil itant embeli lad.] Þis ladi is feir & good & fre Whon heo haþ so muche bounte, More þen eny schaft þat wes; ffor-þi [H. And tho] þe Rihtwys sone [H. the sonne of ryȝhtwesnes,] hire ches And schadewede on hire in wolde, [= in virtue; or r. holde = flesh? H. And on heere when he shadowe wolde] And [H. He] feirede hir more a þousend-folde. Line 876 Þoruȝ [MS. þoruȝ] þe faste ȝat he con in teo, And [om. in H.] at þe out-ȝong he lette [hit] faste beo. How so þat was beo we stille, ffor of alle þing God may don his wille. Line 880
A, derworþe qween so gent & fre,
Þat helpest [MS. helpeþ] alle þat fleoþ to þe:
Mi soule is comen to þe for nede;
Þat at þi ȝate bat & loude doþ [H. con] grede,
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Bat & gredeþ and loude gon [H. con] crye:
"Helpe me, Swete Mayden Marie!
Vndo, Ladi! I þe bi-seche.
Þou lete me a luitel cleche
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Of þulke [grace] þat alle [con] frouere
Þat gostliche beoþ in herte pouere.
Lo hou I am bi-set heer-oute
Wiþ my þreo fon al-a-boute:
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Þe fend, þat wiþ me fihteþ euere,
