And of hym, þat þou hopis most hertely þe louys,
Wete þou full wele most worshipfull to haue.
Ses now of sorowe, sobur þi chere,
Wond of þi weping, whipe vp þi teris;
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Mene þe to myrthe, & mournyng for-sake,
Cast þe to comford, keuer þi wille:
This I pray þe full prestly with all my pure hert,
Þat þou hede me with heryng, & my hest kepe."
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ELAN.
Than answared þat honerable onestly agayne:—
"Who might stithly absteyne, or stable of teris,
Þat prestly were pricket with paynes so fele,
And with sorow ouerset sothely as I?
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But syn hit now bes non other nomly of me,
I shall appres me with pyne your prayer to here;
Syn me botis not barly your biddyng with stonde,
Ne of power to put of, ne of playn strenght."
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Þen ho sesit of sykyng, sobirt hir chere,
At the prayer of Parys and his prise wordys.
When þat semely was sesit & sorow for-yetyn,
The lorde toke leue with full lowe speche,
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And went fro þat worthy his weghis vntill.
When yt seyit to Sopertyme he seruyt hir well
With all daintes on dese & drynkes ynow,
And cherisshed hir full choisly with chere of hym seluyn.
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When the derke was done, & the day comyn,
Parys full pristly with preciouse araye,
Worshippit þat worthy in wedys full riche,
As qwemet for a qwene & qwaintly atyret,
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Þat Priam hade purueit & to þe place sent.
He broght furth þat bright with buernys full nobill.
