" 558
and orders his The wryght bade hys wyfe lett hy{m~} owte,
wife to let the "Nay, ?en sorowe come on my snowte
Lord out. If they passe hens to-daye 561
"No, bother my Ty{l~l} that my lady come and see
snout if I do," Howe ?ey would haue done w_y_t_h_ me,
says the wife, Butt nowe late me saye." 564
"before his lady Anon sche sent aft_er_ the lady bryg{h-}t
sees what he For to fett home her lord and knyght,
wanted to do with Therto sche seyd nog{h-}t; 567
me." Sche told her what they hadde ment,
So she sends for And of ther purpos & ther intente THE LORD'S WIFE
the dame to fetch That they would haue wrought. SEES HIM IN 570
her lord home, Glad was ?at lady of that tydyng; THE CELLAR.
and tells her what When sche wyst her lord was lyuyng,
he and his Ther-of sche was fu{l~l} fayne: 573
companions came Whan sche came vn-to ?e steyre aboue{n)},
there for. Sche lokyd vn-to ?e seller downe,
The lady And seyd,--?is ys nott to leyne,-- 576
looks down into "Good syres, what doo you here?"
the cellar, "Dame, we by owre mete fu{l~l} dere,
and says, "Good Wyth gret trauayle and peyne; 579
sirs, what are you I pray you helpe ?at we were owte,
doing?" And I wy{l~l} swere w_y_t_h_-owtyn dowte
"Earning our meat Neu_er_ to come here agayne.
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