And afftir that Medee out hente [folio 14b]
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A wel riche oynemente
And an-oynted alle his body,
Visage and alle witterly:
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For hit for-did al brennyng of ffire,
Off hit brende neuere so schire.
¶ And afftirward that fair swetyng
By-tauȝt Iason a riche [MS. ariche.] ryng,
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That alle venym for-dede & strued,—
That he schul not be venym-noyed
That bar that riche ryng on him:
For it fordede alle venym.
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MEdee tok with him thanne a writ,
And him bad he schuld bere it;
And when he come with-Inne that Ile,
That he schulde with herte mylde
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On his knees him doun sette,
Er he that flece ȝede to fette;
And thries he scholde hit ouer-rede;
That he ne lefft for no drede.
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¶ Sche toke him thenne a riche [MS. ariche.] licour,—
A viole ful of gode sauour,—
And bad he schulde that lycour poure,
When he come In-to the stoure,
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In the mouthes of the neete,
For hit was wondur cleuand wete;
Then scholde thei holde here mouth to-gedur
And make no more so foule a wedur:—
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'For if thow konne this in here mouthe throwe,
Thei schal no more no fir blowe!'
¶ Iason seide: 'I thonk it the,
That thow hast thus ordeyned for me!
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I hope, or it be euenyng,
That golden flece to the bryng.'
