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at gode wijf;
Tyme com in her olde lijf
ybore it most be nedes
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? ? ai ? ankeden god, & glade were,
And avoweden in ? is manere
Chastite bo? e to take, 123
And to lyuen in clene lijf,
Eufeniens & his gode wijf,
And synne to forsake. 126
? e childe was mery in al manere,
As ? ai maden her praiere,
Ani? th as ? ai gan wake. 129
Alexius ? ai gonnen hym calle;
yloued he was amonges hem alle
? at to hym gonnen take.
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Alexius was sett to boke,
To gode maistres ? ai hym toke,
And wise of clergie. 135
? e more he wex in elde & leng? e,
To seruen god he dude his streng? e
And his moder Marie. 138
To ? e Emperour whan he was brou? th
? ere dedes of Armes weren ywrou? th
To lernen chiualrye; 141
? ere mi? th he sen in tour[na]ment
what kni? th was dou? ttiest of dent
And man of most maistrie.
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