Ne nothyng done aȝeyn her wille. [folio 236b]
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In her lond holde thei hem stille,
Til tyme of ȝer that thei come doun
And dwelled with hem In tour & toun,
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And take her solace & here play—
That is In Iune, Aueril, & May [MS. That is Jn. June. Aueril. & May.] .
¶ Euery ȝer these thre Monethe
Come thei to dwelle ther-In withe,
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And wende aȝeyn than to her Il[d]e.
Iff it be so thei be with childe,
And it be ought of womman-kynde,
Among the wymmen—thei it fynde—
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In her lond ther stille it dwelles
Among hem euere—as my boke telles.
¶ Iff it be man, thei brynge it forth
Til it be so moche worth,
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That it can go and be so bold
That it be fully thre ȝer old;
And whan it is of thre ȝer elde
That it may it-selff welde,
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To that Ilde that is hem hende
Ther men dwelle, the childer thei sende
To the fader and to his kyn,
To dwelle with hem the lond with-In.
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THat tyme—godemen!—of that prouynce [¶ De Pantasa|lia Regina [On the left side in MS.] .]
Pantasalye was quene & prince,
A doghti Mayden & sterne,
That loued Ector wel longe derne
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For his prowesse & his noblay
That sche herde of him offten say.
When that quene, that frely fode
Off Amazone, so vndirstode
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That thei of Grece were passed the see
And Priamus and his Cite
