The Laud Troy book.

                                  
                                    Sche cleped a mayden [MS. amayden.]  that het Ane,— [folio 13b] 
                                    Line 849 
                                  
                                    So trewe a mayden [MS. amayden.]  hath sche nane,—
                                  
                                    And bad here pryuili to go
                                  
                                    And [MS. A d.]  say: "Iason schuld come here to."
                                    Line 852 
                                  
                                    And Ane ȝede wel priuyli
                                  
                                    And bad him come to here lady;
                                  
                                    And he ros bothe blythe and glad
                                  
                                    And dede as the mayden bad.
                                    Line 856 
                                  
                                    And whan thei were to-gedur met,
                                  
                                    Ane that him thedur fet
                                  
                                    Ȝede here way with-oute more
                                  
                                    And lefft hem to-gedur thore.
                                    Line 860 
                                  
                                    ¶ Whan Medee saw Iason ther-In,
                                  
                                    Sche sperid the doris with a pyn
                                  
                                    And bad him sitte doun vpon here bed,—
                                  
                                    With riche clothes hit was spred.
                                    Line 864 
                                  
                                    That faire lady, that louesom brid,
                                  
                                    A Craffty cofre sche vn-did
                                  
                                    And toke out an ymage, frely dyght
                                  
                                    With fele torches and mochel lyght,
                                    Line 868 
                                  
                                    That [MS. Ther.]  sacrid was In Iouis name.
                                  
                                    'Iason,' seide that faire dame,
                                  
                                    'Thow schalt thin hond on this god lay
                                  
                                    And thow schalt holde that I schal say:
                                    Line 872 
                                  
                                    On this ymage thow schalt swere,
                                  
                                    Faith & treuthe thow schalt me bere,
                                  
                                    And wedde me to thy wyff,
                                  
                                    And leue me neuere whil I haue lyff.'
                                    Line 876 
                                  
                                    ¶ Iason sayde: 'my trewthe I layd,
                                  
                                    To do al as thow hast sayd.'
                                  
                                    And layde his treuthe on that ymage
                                  
                                    To [MS. And.]  take here the terme of his age.
                                    Line 880 
                                  
                                    When sche hadde take of him that oth,
                                  
                                    Thei caste of hem euery cloth

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Title: The Laud Troy book.
Canvas: Page 26
Publication: London,: Pub. for the Early English text society, by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd.,; 1902[-03]

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