The old wedo on hir way wendys belyue,
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And þo louers ho leuyt lightly to-gedur.
Medea the maidon meuyt to þe dore,
Barret it bygly on hir best wise;
Þan she brought forth þe bold to hir bedde syde
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In solas full soberly he set hym þeron.
She went from þat worthy into a wale chambur,
A triet Image she toke all of true golde,
Halowet was hertly in a highe nome
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Of Joue, þat gentillis held for a iust god,
And broght to the buerne on þe beddis syde,
With light that was louely lemyng þer-In
Of suergys semly, þat set were aboute.
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Þan wightly thies wordes to þat worthy ho said:—
"Here I aske you hertely þat ye may het here,
With a solemne sacrement on this sure gode,
All þe forward to fulfille, þat ye first made,
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And þo couenaundes to kepe with a clene hert;
And for your felow & fere me faithfully hold,
Euer from this owre to the ende of your lyffe; [folio 13b]
ffor no chaunce, þat may cheue, chaunge your wille:
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And I heghly shall holde, I het you before."
Jason grauntede full goodly with a glad chere,
And swiftly he sware on þat (Shene) god; [MS. has "Shete."]
All tho couenaundes to kepe, & for no cause let,
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Whill hym lastes the lyffe: he laid on his hond.
THE POETE.
But vnfaithfull freke, with þi fals cast,
Þat such a lady belirt with þi lechur dedes,
Þat put hur so plainly þi power vnto,
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All þi wille for to wirke, þi worship to saue:
And þow hedis not the harme of þat hend lady,
Ne tentes not thy trouth þat þou tynt has.
