The Multitext Edition > Oxford, Corpus Christi College MS. 198
The Merchant's Tale
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As euer mote I brouke boþe my tresses
1065
I schal not spare for no curtesye
To speke him harm þat wolde vs vilanye
Dame qd þis pluto be no lengere wroþ
I ȝiue it vp but seþens I swor mȳ oþ
Þat I wolde gaunten him his sight aȝein
1070
My word schal stonde þat warne I þe certayn
I am a king it sitt me nouȝt to lye
And I quod sche a queen of fayerye
Hire answere sche schal haue I vndertake
Let vs no more wordes make