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he_o be_v for_o ever_o but_o yet_o that_o other_o be_v lever_n â—â—ue_n have_v the_o look_n of_o his_o eye_n than_o of_o his_o word_n the_o prophesy_v but_o how_o so_o that_o the_o loath_a go_v 〈◊〉_d be_v the_o cause_n of_o that_o he_o hent_v so_o great_a a_o peyne_n bodily_a ¶_o 〈◊〉_d son_n be_v thou_o wear_v there_o by_o and_o hold_v thy_o tongue_n still_o close_o for_o who_o that_o have_v his_o word_n disclose_v 〈◊〉_d he_o wit_v what_o he_o mean_n 〈◊〉_d full_a oft_o nyghe_o his_o tene_z 〈◊〉_d lese_v full_a many_o time_n grace_n 〈◊〉_d that_o he_o will_v his_o thank_n purchase_v and_o over_o this_o my_o son_n dear_a 〈◊〉_d other_o man_n if_o thou_o may_v here_o 〈◊〉_d privyte_o what_o they_o have_v wrought_v 〈◊〉_d counseyl_n and_o dyscover_v it_o nought_o for_o cheste_n can_v no_o counseyl_n heel_n or_o be_v it_o woe_n or_o be_v it_o well_o and_o take_v a_o tale_n in_o to_o thy_o mind_n the_o which_o of_o old_a ensample_n i_o find_v ¶_o 〈…〉_o confessor_n exemplum_fw-la contra_fw-la illos_fw-la 〈…〉_o causa_fw-la allterius_fw-la consilium_fw-la revelare_fw-la 〈…〉_o et_fw-la narrat_fw-la qualiter_fw-la quedam_fw-la avis_fw-la tunc_fw-la 〈…〉_o â—â—mine_fw-la cornus_n consilium_fw-la domine_fw-la sue_v 〈…〉_o denudavit_fw-la unde_fw-la contigit_fw-la non_fw-la soâ—_n 〈…〉_o coronidem_fw-la interfect_a sed_fw-la et_fw-la coruum_fw-la 〈…〉_o tanquam_fw-la nix_n albus_fw-la fuit_fw-la in_fw-la piceum_fw-la coâ—â—rem_fw-la pro_fw-la perpetou_fw-la transmutari_fw-la phoebus_n which_o make_v the_o day_n light_v a_o love_n he_o have_v which_o though_o byght_a coronis_n who_o aboven_n all_o he_o plese_v but_o what_o shall_v befalle_v of_o love_n there_o be_v no_o man_n know_v but_o as_o fortune_n her_o hap_n throw_v so_o it_o befall_v upon_o a_o chance_n a_o young_a knight_n take_v her_o acqueintaunce_n and_o have_v of_o she_o all_o that_o he_o will_v but_o a_o fall_v bird_n which_o she_o have_v hold_v and_o keep_v in_o chambre_n of_o pure_a youth_n dyscoverith_n all_o that_o 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son_n as_o i_o the_o rede_n ¶_o hic_fw-la soquitur_fw-la super_fw-la eodem_fw-la et_fw-la narrat_fw-la qualiter_fw-la lara_n nimpha_fw-la eo_fw-la quod_fw-la jupiter_n juturnam_n abulteravit_fw-la /_o junoni_n jonis_fw-la uxori_fw-la secretum_fw-la revelavit_fw-la qua_fw-la propter_fw-la jupiter_n ira_fw-la commotus_fw-la singua_fw-la laris_n prin_v abscisa_fw-la /_o ipsam_fw-la postea_fw-la in_o profundum_fw-la acherontis_fw-la exulem_fw-la pro_fw-la perpetuo_fw-la mancipavit_fw-la ¶_o lo_o in_o another_o place_n i_o rede_v of_o thilk_o nymph_n which_o lara_n hyght_n for_o she_o the_o privete_n by_o night_n how_o jupiter_n lie_v by_o juturne_n have_v tell_v god_n make_v she_o overtorne_v her_o tongue_n he_o cut_v and_o in_o to_o hell_n for_o ever_o he_o send_v she_o for_o to_o dwell_v as_o she_o that_o be_v not_o worthy_a here_o to_o be_v of_o love_n a_o chambrere_n for_o she_o no_o counsel_n couth_a bele_z and_o such_o a_o day_n be_v now_o feel_v in_o love_n court_n as_o it_o be_v say_v that_o let_v her_o tongue_n go_v unteyde_v my_o son_n be_v thou_o none_o of_o though_o to_o jangle_n and_o tell_v tale_n so_o and_o namely_o that_o thou_o ne_fw-mi chide_v for_o cheste_n can_v no_o counsel_n hide_v for_o wrath_n say_v never_o well_o ¶_o my_o father_n sothe_o be_v every_o deal_n that_o you_o i_o teach_v and_o i_o will_v hold_v the_o rule_n which_o i_o be_o hold_a to_o flee_v the_o cheste_n as_o you_o i_o bid_v for_o well_o be_v he_o that_o never_o chydde_v now_o tell_v i_o forth_o if_o there_o be_v more_o as_o touching_n unto_o wrath_n lore_n daemonis_fw-la est_fw-la odium_fw-la quasi_fw-la scriba_fw-la cvi_fw-la dabit_fw-la ira_fw-la materiam_fw-la scripti_fw-la cordis_fw-la ad_fw-la antra_fw-la svi_fw-la non_fw-la laxabit_fw-la amor_fw-la odii_fw-la quem_fw-la frena_fw-la restringunt_fw-la nec_fw-la secreta_fw-la svi_fw-la iuris_fw-la adire_fw-la scivit_fw-la ¶_o hic_fw-la tractat_fw-la confessor_n de_fw-la tercia_fw-la specie_fw-la ire_n que_fw-fr odium_fw-la dicitur_fw-la cvius_fw-la natura_fw-la omnes_fw-la
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bello_fw-la 〈…〉_o secunt_fw-la retinere_fw-la fatatam_fw-la sibi_fw-la mortem_fw-la in_o 〈◊〉_d trâ—â—e_fw-la prenunciavit_fw-la sed_fw-la ipse_fw-la miliciam_fw-la poci_fw-la 〈…〉_o affectans_fw-la troiam_fw-la adut_fw-la ubi_fw-la sue_v morâ—_n 〈…〉_o perpetue_fw-la laudis_fw-la cronicam_fw-la ademit_fw-la â§_o the_o worthy_a knight_n prothesalay_n on_o his_o passage_n where_o he_o lie_v towards_o troy_n thilk_o siege_n she_o which_o be_v all_o his_o own_o lyege_n â—â—â—domye_n his_o lusty_a wife_n which_o for_o his_o love_n be_v pensyf_v as_o he_o which_o all_o her_o heart_n have_v upon_o a_o thing_n whereof_o she_o dradde_v a_o letter_n for_o to_o make_v he_o dwell_v from_fw-mi troy_n send_v he_o thus_o to_o tell_v how_o she_o have_v ask_v of_o the_o wise_n touchend_n of_o he_o in_o such_o a_o wise_n that_o they_o have_v do_v she_o understond_v towards_o other_o how_o so_o it_o stone_v the_o destyne_n it_o have_v so_o shape_n that_o he_o shall_v not_o the_o death_n escape_v in_o caa_n 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epulas_fw-la affetri_fw-la iussit_fw-la /_o quem_fw-la sumotâ—m_fw-la
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the_o lord_n come_v forth_o and_o when_o he_o sygh_v that_o other_o lig_n on_o board_n so_o nyghe_o he_o wonder_v what_o it_o may_v be_v and_o bid_v man_n to_o go_v in_o and_o se_fw-la this_o lady_n though_o be_v crope_v a_o side_n as_o she_o that_o will_v her_o seluen_n hide_v for_o she_o newyst_n what_o they_o be_v they_o seek_v about_o and_o fond_a she_o there_o and_o broughten_v up_o her_o child_n and_o she_o and_o thereupon_o this_o lord_n to_o sper_v begin_v fro_o whence_o that_o she_o come_v and_o what_o she_o be_v quod_fw-la she_o i_o be_o a_o woman_n woeful_o bestadde_a i_o have_v a_o lord_n and_o thus_o he_o bid_v that_o i_o forth_o with_o my_o lytell_a son_n upon_o the_o wawe_n shall_v wone_v but_o why_o the_o cause_n wot_v i_o nought_o but_o he_o which_o all_o thing_n wrought_v yet_o ay_o i_o thank_v he_o of_o his_o may_v my_o child_n and_o i_o so_o keep_v upryght_o that_o we_o be_v saufe_fw-fr both_o two_o this_o lord_n she_o ask_v evermo_fw-la how_o she_o beleve_v and_o 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diligencius_fw-la perscrutans_fw-la cum_fw-la matrem_fw-la svam_fw-la domildam_n inde_fw-la culpubilem_fw-la sciniffet_fw-fr ipsam_fw-la in_o igne_fw-la proiciens_fw-la conburi_fw-la fecit_fw-la ¶_o now_o hark_v thilk_o unstable_a wheel_v which_o ever_o torn_v go_v about_o the_o king_n awl_n while_o he_o be_v out_o as_o thou_o to_o fore_a haste_n hear_v the_o case_z deceyve_v through_o his_o mother_fw-mi be_v but_o when_o that_o he_o come_v home_o again_o he_o ax_v of_o his_o chamberlain_n and_o of_o the_o bysshop_n eke_o also_o where_o they_o the_o queen_n have_v do_v and_o they_o answerde_n there_o he_o bid_v and_o have_v he_o thilk_o letter_n rad_v which_o he_o they_o send_v for_o warrant_n and_o tell_v he_o plain_o as_o it_o stante_fw-la and_o sayne_n it_o think_v they_o great_a pyte_n to_o see_v a_o worthy_a one_o as_o she_o with_o such_o a_o child_n as_o there_o be_v bear_v so_o sudden_o to_o be_v forlore_v he_o ask_v they_o what_o child_n it_o be_v and_o they_o he_o say_v that_o 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transmeaie_v proposuit_fw-la /_o supueniens_fw-la â—essus_fw-la gâ—gas_fw-la ob_fw-la amicitiam_fw-la hercusis_n ut_fw-la dixit_fw-la â—â—â—nyram_fw-la â—n_fw-la usnas_fw-la svas_fw-la suscipiens_fw-la trans_fw-la ripam_fw-la 〈◊〉_d ver_fw-la duxit_fw-la et_fw-la statim_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la litus_fw-la pervenisset_fw-la quâ—_n ciâ—o_fw-la currete_fw-it potuit_fw-la ipsam_fw-la tanquam_fw-la propriam_fw-la in_o preiâ—udâ—â—im_fw-la herculis_fw-la asportare_fw-la fugiens_fw-la conaâ—â—tâ—r_fw-la peâ—_n quod_fw-la non_fw-la sosum_fw-la ipsi_fw-la sed_fw-la etiam_fw-la hercusi_fw-la â—â—rtâ—e_fw-la eventum_fw-la fortuna_fw-la postmodum_fw-la causavit_fw-la ¶_o of_o false_a semblant_n which_o be_v beleve_v full_a many_o a_o worthy_a wight_n be_v greve_v and_o be_v long_o time_n or_o we_o be_v bear_v to_o the_o my_o son_n i_o will_v therefore_o a_o tale_n tell_v of_o fall_n semblaunt_v which_o false_v many_o a_o covenaunt_n and_o many_o a_o fraud_n of_o false_a counsel_n there_o be_v 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