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gets a distaff and Sche gaue hym in hande a rocke hynde,
some winding to And bade hem fast for to wynde
[leaf 185] Or ellys to lett be hys dede. 510
do, "Yes, dame," he seyd, "so haue I hele,
I scha{l~l} yt worke both feyre & welle
As ye haue taute me." 513
He wauyd vp a strycke of lyne,
and spins away And he span wele and fyne
well. By-fore the swynge{l~l} tre. 516
The lord seyd "?ou spynnest to grete,
Therfor ?ou schalt haue no mete,
That ?ou schalt we{l~l} see." 519
Thus they all sit Thus ?ey satt and wrought fast
and work till the Ty{l~l} ?e wekedayes were past;
wright comes home. Then the wryght, home came he, 522
As he approaches And as he cam by hys hows syde
he hears a noise, He herd[7] noyse that was nott ryde
Of p_er_sons two or thre; 525
One of hem knockyd lyne,
A-nothyr swyngelyd good and fyne
By-fore the swyngy{l~l} tre, 528
The thyrde did rele and spynne,
Mete and drynke ther-wyth to wynne,
Gret nede ther-of hadde he.
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