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Waynez vp a wyndow, & on þe wyze callez,
& radly p9 rehayted hy, wt hir riche wordes,
"A! mon, how may þu flepe,

[fol. 114b.] pis mornig is fo clere?"

He watz i drowpig depe,

Bot þēne he con hir here.

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In drez droupÿg of dreme draueled þat noble,
As mon þat watz in mornýg of mony pro poztes,
How þat destine fchulde pat day his wyrde,
At þe grene chapel, when he be gome metes,

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& bi-houes his buffet abide, with oute debate more;
Bot quen þat comly he keu❜ed his wyttes,
Swenges out of þe fweuenes, & fwarez w' haft.
pe lady luflych cum lazande fwete,

Felle ou his fayre face, & fetly hy kyffed;

He welcuez hir worþily, with a wale chere;
He fez hir fo glorio9, & gayly atyred,

So fautles of hir fetures, & of fo fyne hewes,

Wizt wallande joye warmed his hert;

Wtfmope fmylyg & fmolt þay fmeten i to m'pe,

pat al watz blis & bonchef, þat breke hem bi-twene,

pay lanced wordes gode,

Much wele pe watz þ ine,
Gret pile bi-twene hem stod,
Nif mare of hir knyzt myne.

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For þat prynce of pris deprefed hy fo þikke,
Nurned hy fo neze þe þred, þat nede hy bi-houed,
Op9 lach per hir luf, op lodly refuse;

He cared for his cortayfye, left crapayn he were,

& more for his meschef, 3if he schulde make fyne,

& be traytor to pat tolke, þat þt telde azt.

"God fchylde," q þe fchalk, "pat schal not be-falle ! "
W luf-lazyg a lyt, he layd hy by fyde

Alle þe spechez of specialte þat sprange of her mouthe.
q þat burde to be burne, " blame
"blame ze differue,

3if ze luf not þat lyf þat ze lye nexte,
зе

Bifore alle þe wyzes i þe worlde, woūded i hert,
Bot if ze haf a lēman, a leu?, þat yow lykez bett",
& folden fayth to þat fre, feftned fo harde,

[fol. 115.] pat yow laufen ne lyft, & þat I leue nouþe;

And þat ze telle me þat, now trwly I pray yow,
For alle pe lufez vpon lyue, layne not be fope,
þe knyzt fayde, "be fayn Jon,"

& fmepely con he fmyle,

"In fayth I welde rizt non,

Ne non wil welde pe quile."

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þat is a worde," q þat wyzt, "þat worst is of alle,

Bot I am fwared for fope, þat fore me pinkke;;

Kyffe me now comly, & I fchal cach hepen,

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may bot mo ne vpon molde, as may þat much louyes." Sykande ho fweze dou, & femly hy kyffed,

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& fipen ho feu'es hy fro, & fays as ho ftondes,
"Now, dere, at þis departyg, do me pis efe,
Gif me fumquat of þy gifte, þi gloue of1 hit were,
pat I may myne on þe mon, my monÿg to laffen."
"Now I wyffe," q þat wyze, "I wolde I hade here
þe leueft þig for þy luf, þat I in londe welde,
For ze haf deferued, forfope, fellyly ofte
More rewarde bi refoū, þē I reche myzt,

Bot to dele yow for drurye, þt dawed bot neked;
Hit is not yo hono" to haf at þis tyme

A gloue for a garysoū, of Gawaynez giftez,
& I am here an erande i erdez vncoupe,

& haue no me wyth no malez, wt menskful þigez ;
þat mislykez me, lade, for luf at þis tyme',

Iche tolke mon do as he is tan, tas to non elle,

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Ho razt hy a riche rynk of red golde werkez,
Wyth a starande ston, stondande alofte,
pat bere bluffchande bemez as pe bryzt fune;
Wyt ze wel, hit watz worth wele ful hoge.
Bot þe renk hit renayed, & redyly he fayde,
[fol. 1156.] "I wil no giftez for gode, my gay, at þis tyme;
I haf none yow to norne, ne nozt wyl I take."
Ho bede hit hy ful byfily, & he hir bode wernes,

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& fwere fwyftely' his fothe, þat he hit sese nolde;
& ho fore þat he forfoke, & fayde þ after,
"If ze renay my rynk, to ryche for hit femez,
ze wolde not fo hyzly halden be to me,

I schal gif yow my girdel, þat gaynes yow laffe."

Ho lazt a lace lyztly, þat leke vmbe hir syde,
Knit vpon hir kyrtel, vnder þe clere mantyle,
Gered hit watz wt grene fylke, & wt golde fchaped,
Nozt bot aroude brayden, beten wt fyngrez;
& þat ho bede to pe burne, & blyþely bi-fozt
paz hit vn-worþi were, þat he hit take wolde.
& he nay þat he nolde negħ i no wyfe,
Nauþer golde ne garysoū, er god hy göce fende,
To acheue to be chaūce þat he hade chosen þere.
" & perfore, I pray yow, difplese yow nozt,
& lettez be yo bifineffe, for I baybe hit yow neu',
I am derely to yow biholde,

Bi cause of yo sembelaūt,

& eu? i hot & colde

To be yo trwe feruaūt."

XXIX.

"Now forfake 3e þis filke," fayde þe burde þēne,
"For hit is fymple i hit felf, & fo hit wel femez,
Lo! fo hit is littel, & laffe hit is worþy;
Bot who fo knew be coftes þat knit ar þer ine,
He wolde hit prayfe at more prys, parauenture;
For quat gome fo is gorde wt þis grene lace,
While he hit hade hemely halched aboute,

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þer is no hapel vnder heuen to-hewe hy þat myzt;
For he myzt not be flayn, for flizt vpon erpe."
pē kest þe knyzt, & hit come to his hert,
Hit were a juel for pe joparde, þat hy iugged were,
When he acheued to be chapel, his chek forto fech;

My3' he haf flypped to be vn-flayn, þe flezt were noble.
[fol. 116.] pēne he pulged with hir prepe, & poled hir to fpeke,
& ho bere on hy þe belt, & bede hit hy swype,

& he ginted, & hy gafe with a goud wylle,

& bi-fozt hym, for hir fake, difceu? hit neu',

Bot to lelly layne, for hir lorde; þe leude hy acordez,
þat neu' wyze fchulde hit wyt, I wyffe, bot pay twayne,
He þonkked hir oft ful fwype,

Ful pro wt hert & pozt,

Bi þat on þryne fype,

Ho hatz kyft þe knyzt so tozt.

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Thene lachchez ho hir leue, & leuez hỹ þere,
For more myrpe of þat mon mozt ho not gete;

When ho' watz gon, f G. gerez hỹ sone,

Rifes, & riches hy i araye noble,
Lays vp þe luf-lace, be lady hý razt,

Hid hit ful holdely, p he hit eft fonde;

Sype cheuely to pe chapel chofes he be waye,
Preuely aproched to a preft, & prayed hy pere

þat he wolde lyfte3 his lyf, & lern hy bett',

How his fawle schulde be faued, when he fchuld feye here.
þere he schrof hy fchyrly, & fchewed his myfdedez,

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