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Thus ?e wryght stode herkenyng; THE WRIGHT
his wife comes to Hys wyfe was ware of hys comyng, COMES HOME
meet him, And ageynst hym went sche. AND FINDS 534
"Dame," he seyd, "what ys ?is dynne? THE THREE
and he asks what I here gret noyse here wythynne; CULPRITS.
all that noise is Te{l~l} me, so god the spede." 537
about. "Syr," sche seyd, "workemen thre
"Why, three Be come to helpe you and me,
workmen have come Ther-of we haue gret nede; 540
to help us, dear. Fayne would I wete what they were."
Who are they?" Butt when he sawe hys lord there,
The wright sees Hys hert bygan to drede: 543
his Lord in the To see hys lord in ?at place,
pit, He ?ought yt was a strange cas,
and asks how And seyd, "so god hym spede, 546
[leaf 185, back] What do ye here, my lord and knyg{h-}t?
Te{l~l} me nowe for godes myg{h-}t
he came there. Howe cam thys vn-to?" 549
The knyght seyd "What ys best rede?
The Lord asks M_er_cy I aske for my mysdede,
mercy: he is very My hert ys wondyr wo." 552
sorry. "So ys myne, verame_n_t,
"So am I," says To se you among thys flex and hempe,
the wright, "to Fu{l~l} sore yt ruyt{h-} me; 555
see you among the To se you in such hevynes,
flax and hemp," Fu{l~l} sore myne hert yt doth oppresse,
By god in trinite.
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