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ou hast mede:
Sonne, praye fore me, fore I haue nede. "'
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hys moder lyued in In longyng,
whan sche herde of thys tydyng,
She com Forthe with A raply rese,
As A lyon lept oute of A lees; 354
She weppyd And cryde sore,
As thay don ? at arne woo.
'let me,' she sayd, 'my sone see;
I Fed hym on myn owne kee. '
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whan she hym sawe, she Fylle downe,
All was A waye here Resonne.
whan she rose she stoode hym by,
She kyssyde hym, And sayd on hye,
'Sonne,' she sayde, And wept Full sore, 363
'Nowe schall I speke with ? e no more.
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Thowe hast be sought in meny A londe,
With messengerys, And with sonde,
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Bot there was no man myght ? e see,
And euer ? ou sat be owre knee. 368
lewe sonne, ? ou praye for mee, [folio 152a]
That I may ? e in bleyss see. '
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hys wyfe ? at was In chamber stokyn,
Of ?
ys tydynges harde sche spokyn;
She com forthe in A sempyll pace,
Sory, I wott, welle ? at che was; 374
She swonnyd at ? e fryst syght,
That on here was blake, ? at rest was wyght.
Than she sayd with mylde chere,
'Where hastowe be, my leman dere?
Full long I myght ? e A-byde,
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Fore thowe hast soughte pylgermages wyde. 380
Thowe hast beene frome long,
Forsothe I haue done ? e no wrong;
Wyghe ? e speke nowe I ne maye,
Nowe maye I weddowe be for Aye,
I maye be weddow And mayden dde,
And I haue done as ye me bade.
Thowe weddest me to be ? y Free,
O nyght togeder when we were, 388
Bot, good leuan, nowe praye for me
That we to geder in blese maye be. '
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The folke come fast owte of ? e cete,
that ryche Relyke for to see.
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Sone in a A lytell stonde ? er was
Bothe grete throng And prece.