To werke hows, harowe, nor plowgh, 15
Or other werkes, what so they were,
Thous wrought he hem farre and nere,
And dyd tham wele I-nough. 18
At first he would Thys wryght would wedde no wyfe,
wed no wife, Butt yn yougeth to lede hys lyfe
[leaf 178, back] In myrthe and o?er melody; 21
for wherever he Ou_er_ a{l~l} where he gan wende,
went he was A{l~l} they seyd "welcome, frende,
welcome; Sytt downe, and do gla[d]ly." 24
but at last he Ty{l~l} on a tyme he was wyllyng, THE WRIGHT FALLS
wished As tyme comyth of all_e_ thyng, IN LOVE, AND
(So seyth the p_ro_fesye,) PROPOSES. 27
to have a spouse A wyfe for to wedde & haue
to look after his That myght hys goodes kepe and saue,
goods. And for to leue a{l~l} foly. 30
A widow near had a Ther dwellyd a wydowe in ?at contre
fair daughter That hadde a doughter feyre & fre;
Of her, word sprang wyde, 33
true and meek. For sche was bothe staby{l~l} & trewe,
Meke of maners, and fey{rh} of hewe;
So seyd men in that tyde. 36
The wryght seyde, "so god me saue,
Her the wright Such a wyfe would I haue
would like to lie To lye nyghtly by my syde.
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