The Laud Troy book.

                                
                                  That thow and I to-geder don be
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                                  To-morwe erly, that men may se,
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                                  In feld ffyghtyng with-outen respite,
                                
                                  Til thow or I be discomfite.
                                
                                  ¶ And if I falle In thi daungere
                                
                                  With any vn-hap or noun-powere,
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                                  That thi god suche grace the sende
                                
                                  That I fro the not defende:
                                
                                  I schal the swere good sothnesse
                                
                                  Opon my goddis more and lesse;
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                                  And ȝit schal I the borwes ffynde,
                                
                                  That fader and Moder and al my kynde
                                
                                  Schal go a-way with-oute dwellynge
                                
                                  Or with-oute godis sellynge,
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                                  And leue the al with thyne and the,
                                
                                  And thei and I schal hennes fle.
                                
                                  And ȝit may thow almes the wynne, [folio 134a] —
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                                  For we do euel and mychel synne,
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                                  Off mannes blod that we don spille,—
                                
                                  Iff that thow wol holde ther-tille.
                                
                                  ¶ Iff happe so with me schape
                                
                                  That thow may no wyse askape
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                                  Fro me with-oute discomfiture,
                                
                                  Make thi Gregeis make me sure
                                
                                  By borow and book and sikur band [MS. sikurband.] ,
                                
                                  That thei schal wende out of this land,
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                                  And vs be her In gode quyete.
                                
                                  And but thow do, so thow be-hete,
                                
                                  I prayse the lasse than I dede ore;
                                
                                  Iff that oure men schal fyght more.
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                                  But lete it be on vs y-done
                                
                                  To-morwe be tyme, or hit be none!
                                
                                  And wyn worschepe who that may!
                                
                                  God for-bede that thow say "nay"!'

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Title: The Laud Troy book.
Canvas: Page 248
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd.,; 1902[-03]

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Collection: Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse
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