The Clerk's Tale
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And sche ay sadde and constant as a <2b>wal2b>
Continuyng euere hire Innocence <2c>oueral2c>
This sturdy marquys gan hire herte <3a>dresse3a>
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To rewen on hire wyfly <3b>stedfastnesse3b>
¶ This is ynougħ Grisilde myn quod <1a>he1a> /
Be now no more agast ne yuel <2a>apayed2a>
I haue þy feiþ and þi <1b>benignite1b>
As wel as euer wōman was <2b>assayed2b>
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In gret astate and pouereliche <2c>arrayed2c>
Now knowe I deere wijf þy <3a>stedfastnesse3a> /
And hire in armes toke and gan hire <3b>kesse3b>
¶ And sche for wonder took of hit no <1a>keepe1a>
Sche þouȝte nougħt what þing he to hir <2a>sayde2a> /
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Sche ferde as sche hadde stirte out of hir <1b>slepe1b>
Til sche out of hir masednesse <2b>abrayde2b>
Grisilde quod he by god þat for vs <2c>deyed2c>
Þou art my wyf ne non oþer I <3a>haue3a>
Ne neuer hadde so god my soule <3b>saue3b>
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¶ This is þy dought er which þou hast <1a>supposed1a>
To be my wijf þat oþer <2a>feiþfully2a>
Schal be myn as I haue ay <1b>purposed1b>
Þou bare him in þi body <2b>trewely2b>
At boloygne haue I kept hem <2c>pryuyly2c>
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Tak hem aȝein for now mayst þou not <3a>seye3a>
Þat þou hast lorn non of þy children <3b>tweye3b>
¶ And folk þat oþerwise han sayd of <1a>me1a>
I warne hem wel þat I haue don þis <2a>dede2a>
For no malice ne for no <1b>cruelte1b>
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But for tassaye in þe þy <2b>wōmanhede2b>
And nat to slee my children god <2c>forbede2c>
But for to kepe hem pryuyly and <3a>stille3a>
Til I þi purpos knewe and al þy <3b>wiƚƚ3b>
¶ Whan þis herde a swowne doun sche <1a>falleþ1a>
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For pytous ioye and aft er hir <2a>swownynge2a>
Sche boþe hire ȝonge children to hire <1b>calleþ1b>
And in his armes pitously <2b>wepynge2b>