The Man of Law's Tale
Folio 210v
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For deth þt takyth of higħ & low hise rente
1045
Whan passede was euene a ȝer as I gesse
Out of þe world þis kyng alla he hente
For whom Custaūce hath ful gret heuinesse
Now let vs preyen god his soule blysse
And dame custaūce finally to seye
1050
Toward þe toū goth hire weye
To rome is comȳ þis holy creature
And fyndith hire frendis hole & soūde
Now is sche scapid al hire Auenture
And whā þt sche hire fadyr hath I foūde
1055
Doū on hire kneis / fallyth sche to groūde
Wepȳge for tendirnesse in herte blyþe
Sche heryeth god an hūdered thousent sythe
In vertu & holy allemesse dede
They lyuȳ alle & neuere asundyr wende
1060
Thil deth departyth hē þis lyf þey leede
And faryth now wel mȳ tale is at an ende
Now Ihū cist þat of his myȝt may sende
Ioye aftyr wo gouerne vs in hise grace
And kepe vs alle þat ben in þis place / Amen
Here endyth the man of lawe hise tale
Here begynnyth the wyf of Bathe hire prologe