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[A] ? us layke3 ? is lorde by lynde wode3 eue3,
& G. ? e god mon, in gay bed lyge3,
1180 [B] Lurkke3 quyl ? e day-ly3t lemed on ? e wowes,
Vnder couertour ful clere, cortyned aboute;
& as in slomeryng he slode, sle3ly he herde
[C] A littel dyn at his dor, & derfly vpon;
1184 & he heue3 vp his hed out of ? e clo? es,
A corner of ? e cortyn he ca3t vp a lyttel, [Fol. 107. ]
& wayte3 warly ? ider-warde, quat hit be my3t.
[D] Hit wat3 ?
e ladi, loflyest to be-holde,
1188 ? at dro3 ? e dor after hir ful dernly[1] & stylle,
[E] & bo3ed to-warde ? e bed; & ? e burne schamed.
& layde hym doun lystyly, & let as he slepte.
[F] & ho stepped stilly. & stel to his bedde,
1192 [G] Kest vp ? e cortyn, & creped with-inne,
& set hir ful softly on ? e bed-syde,
& lenged ? ere selly longe, to loke quen he wakened.
? e lede lay lurked a ful longe quyle,
1196 [H] Compast in his concience to quat ? at cace my3t
Mene o? er amount, to meruayle hym ? o3t;
Bot 3et he sayde in hym-self, "more semly hit were
To aspye wyth my spelle [in] space quat ho wolde.