er hou shal I my-seluen saue
To lyue in
maidenhede?
Adam Davy's Five Dreams about Edward II - 1389
noot to whom telle my strijf,
I lyue as ankre in stone.
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420
(36)
? 'Si??e I ne haue to whom me mene,
Lijk is my lijf on to sene--
?at am wi?outen red-- 423
?e turtel ?at is for sorou? lene,
And trede? on no gras grene,
Si?en hire make is ded. 426
Allas, hou shal I. ioye haue?
Oi?
er hou shal I my-seluen saue
To lyue in
maidenhede? 429
Me were leuer of hym a si?th,
?an welde al ?is londe ri?th
In leng?e & in brede.'
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432
(37)
? She roos vp erlich a morowe,
And to his moder she went in sorou?
ffor loue of hire spouse, 435
And praied hir ?at she most duelle
wi? hir, ?at sorou?ful pleynt to telle,
?at strong was and greuouse. 438
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