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full dear: The lady spake the wyfe vn-tyll_e_,
[leaf 186] And seyd "dame, yf yt be youre wylle,
help us out, and What doo thes meyny here?" 585
I'll never come The carpentarys wyfe her answerd sykerly,
here again." "A{l~l} they would haue leyne me by;
The lady asks the Eu_er_ych, in ther maner_e_, 588
wife why Gold and syluer they me brought,
the men are there And forsoke yt, and would yt noght,
The wife says they The ryche gyftes so clere. 591
wanted to lie with Wyllyng ?ey were to do me schame,
her, and offered I toke ther gyftes wyth-owtyn blame,
her gold and _And_ ther they be a{l~l} thre." 594
silver; The lady answerd her ano{n)},
she took their "I haue thynges to do att home
gifts, and there Mo than two or thre; 597
they are. I wyst my lord neu_er_ do ryght noght
The lady says she Of no ?ing ?at schuld be wrought,
really wants her Such as fallyth to me." 600
lord for herself, The lady lawghed and made good game
and laughs Whan they came owte a{l~l} in-same
heartily when the From the swyngy{l~l} tre. 603
three culprits The knyght seyd "felowys in fere,
come out. I am glad ?at we be here,
The Lord says, By godes dere pyte; THE 606
"Ah, you'd have Dame, and ye hadde bene wyth vs, WRIGHT'S
worked too if Ye would haue wrought, by swete Ih_es_us, WIFE SETS
you'd been with As welle as dyd we.
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