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? er la? ed hym fast ? e lorde,
2404 & sayde, "with my wyf, I wene,
We schal yow wel acorde,
? at wat3 your enmy kene. "

[Sidenote A: Then the other, laughing, thus spoke:]
[Sidenote B: "Thou art confessed so clean,]
[Sidenote C: that I hold thee as pure as if thou hadst never been guilty. ]
[Sidenote D: I give thee, sir, the gold-hemmed girdle,]
[Sidenote E: as a token of thy adventure at the Green Chapel. ]
[Sidenote F: Come again to my abode, and abide there for the remainder of
the festival. "]
[Footnote 1: hardilyly, in MS. ]

XVIII.

[A] "Nay, for so? e," quod ? e segge, & sesed hys helme,
2408 & hat3 hit of hendely, & ? e ha? el ?
onkke3,
[B] "I haf soiorned sadly, sele yow bytyde,
& he 3elde hit yow 3are, ? at 3arkke3 al menskes!
[C] & comaunde3 me to ? at cortays, your comlych fere,
2412 Bo? e ? at on & ? at o? er, myn honoured ladye3.
? at ? us hor kny3t wyth hor kest han koyntly bigyled.
[D] Bot hit is no ferly, ? a3 a fole madde,
& ? ur3 wyles of wymmen be wonen to sor3e;
2416 [E] For so wat3 Adam in erde with one bygyled,
& Salamon with fele sere, & Samson eft sone3,
Dalyda dalt hym hys wyrde, & Dauyth ? er-after
Wat3 blended with Barsabe, ? at much bale ?