iue me ?e crommes of ?i table,--
?an doostou dedes merciable,--
And herberewe in ?ine house; 663
And of Alexius, ?i son so fre,
Afterward I shal telle ?ee,
?at ?ou helde preciouse: 666
?an shaltou be day & ni?th
Glad, whan ?ou hym seest wi? si?th,
And ek ?i trewe spouse.
' 669
Eufeniens
ansuered
?
oo,
'I graunt wel ?at it be so.
?ine bedes ?if ?ou wilt ouse.' 672
(57)
? To a Man he hym bitook,
?at seke Men cou?e wel look,
Nou?th as a Man of task; 675
To kepe ?at Man he bad hym ?ink,
And brynge hym bo?e mete & drynk
whan he wolde ask. 678
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