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by him, He ?ought to speke wyth ?at may,
and therefore went And rose erly on a daye
to her mother And ?yder gan he to ryde. 42
The wryght was welcome to ?e wyfe,
And her saluyd a{l~l} so blyve,
And so he dyd her doughter fre: 45
and proposed for For the erand that he for ca{m~}
the maiden. Tho he spake, ?at good yema{n)};
Than to hym seyd sche: 48
The mother says The wydowe seyd, "by heuen kyng,
she can only give I may geue wyth her no ?ing,
him as a portion (And ?at forthynketh me;) 51
a garland Saue a garlond I wy{l~l} the geue,
Ye scha{l~l} neu_er_ see, whyle ye lyve,
None such in thys contre: 54
of roses Haue here thys garlond of roses ryche,
In a{l~l} thys lond ys none yt lyche,
that will keep its For ytt wy{l~l} eu_er_ be newe, 57
colour [leaf 179] Wete ?ou wele w_i_t_h_owtyn fable,
while his wife is A{l~l} the whyle thy wyfe ys stable
true, The chaplett wolle hold hewe; 60
but change when And yf thy wyfe vse putry, HE RECEIVES A
she is faithless. Or tolle eny man to lye her by, ROSE GARLAND
Than wolle yt change hewe, WITH HIS WIFE.
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