te hem to guode.
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?e whyle he wonede in ?e house,
Eche day he se? his spouse,
His fader & his moder. 345
Ac sone he wente him to ?e wowe,
?at he neuere nere y-knowe
Of hem ne of non o?er. 348
? ?e holy man him ?o?te ?o
?
at his lyf was almest ydo,
ffor
siknesse
?
at he hadde.
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Parchemyn he him wan,
And al his lyf wrot ?er-an,
As he lay in his bedde. 354
? Al he wrot opon his bok,
How he his ?onge wyf forsok,
?o he of londe wolde. 357
How he his mantel here by-tok,
And his gerdel ?at was so guod,
And a ryng of golde.
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? ?at fel opon a soneday,
?at alle men of cristis lay
To ?e cherche come, 363
Clerkes, kny?tes, ?
