?i fader & me
Erlich & late wepe for ?ee,
And ek ?i wijf also.
Page 70
1056
(89)
? '?o ?at ?ee shulden haue serued trewe,
ffele tymes on ?ee ?ai ?rewe
ffil?e & foule vryne, 1059
And beten ?ee ofte swi?e sore;
And ?
ou
suffredest
euermore,
And took it nou?
th to pyne.
Page 71
1062
Why woldestou cast ?ee in care,
Of hem to suffre swiche bysmare,
?at weren ?ine owen hyne? 1065
Of alle ?ise seuentene ?ere
Ne woldestou noman tellen here
?ou come of body myne."
Page 72
1068
(90)
? ffor? com ?oo his trewe wijf
wi? sorou?, & care & drery lijf,
And nei?
