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¶_o of_o this_o soty_n also_o i_o find_v amon_n his_o sister_n ageyn_fw-mi kind_n which_o hight_v thamar_n he_o forleye_n but_o he_o that_o lust_v another_o day_n about_o when_o that_o absalon_n his_o own_o brother_n there_o upon_o of_o that_o be_v have_v his_o sister_n shente_n take_v of_o that_o sin_n vengement_n and_o slough_n he_o with_o his_o own_o honde_n and_o thus_o unkind_a unkynd_n fond_a ¶_o hic_fw-la narrat_fw-la qualiter_fw-la lotâ—_n dvas_fw-la filias_fw-la fuâ—â—_n ipâ—â—â—_n consâ—encientibus_fw-la carnali_fw-la copula_fw-la cognovit_fw-la dvas_fw-la ê™_n ex_fw-la eye_v filios_fw-la sciâ—â—â—z_fw-fr moab_n &_o amon_n progeniut_a quorum_fw-la postea_fw-la generatio_fw-la prana_fw-it et_fw-la exusperan_n contra_fw-la populum_fw-la dei_fw-la in_o terra_fw-la saltim_fw-la promissionis_fw-la vario_fw-la granamine_fw-la quam_fw-la sâ—piuâ—_fw-la insultabat_fw-la ¶_o and_o for_o to_o see_v more_o of_o this_o thing_n the_o bible_n makth_v a_o knowlege_a whereof_o thou_o may_v 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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 ever_o he_o couthe_n the_o bird_n name_n be_v as_o though_o coruus_fw-la the_o which_o be_v than_o also_o well_o more_o white_a than_o any_o swan_n and_o he_o the_o shrew_n all_o that_o he_o can_v of_o his_o lady_n to_o phoebus_n say_v and_o he_o for_o wrath_n his_o sword_n out_o braid_v with_o which_o coromde_v anon_o he_o slough_n but_o after_o he_o be_v woe_n enough_o and_o take_v full_a great_a repentance_n whereof_o in_o token_n and_o remembrance_n of_o they_o which_o usen_v wycke_a speech_n upon_o this_o bird_n he_o take_v his_o wretch_n that_o there_o he_o be_v snow_n white_a tofore_o ever_o afterward_o coal_n black_a therefore_o he_o be_v transform_v as_o it_o show_v and_o many_o a_o man_n yet_o he_o beshrew_v and_o clepen_v he_o in_o to_o this_o day_n a_o raven_n by_o who_o yet_o man_n may_v take_v evydence_n when_o he_o cry_v that_o some_o my_o shap_n it_o sygnify_v beware_v therefore_o and_o say_v the_o best_a if_o thou_o wolt_fw-ge be_v thyself_o in_o rest_n my_o good_a 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 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dicitur_fw-la cvius_fw-la natura_fw-la omnes_fw-la
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fugitiws_fw-la olimpiadem_fw-la philippi_n regis_fw-la ibidem_fw-la tunc_fw-la absentis_fw-la vxorem_fw-la arte_fw-la magyca_fw-la decipiens_fw-la cum_fw-la ipsa_fw-la concubuit_fw-la /_o magnumque_fw-la ex_fw-la ea_fw-la alexandrum_fw-la sortelegus_fw-la genuit_fw-la qui_fw-la naius_fw-la postea_fw-la cum_fw-la ad_fw-la erudiendit_fw-la sub_fw-la custodia_fw-la nectanabi_n commendatus_fw-la fuisset_fw-la ipsum_fw-la nectanabum_n patrem_fw-la suum_fw-la ab_fw-la altitudine_fw-la cuiusdam_fw-la turris_fw-la in_o fossam_fw-la profundam_fw-la precipiens_fw-la inter_fw-la fecit_fw-la et_fw-la sic_fw-la sortilegus_fw-la pro_fw-la svo_fw-la sortilegio_fw-la infortunii_fw-la sortem_fw-la sortitus_fw-la est_fw-la ¶_o the_o high_a creator_n of_o thing_n which_o be_v the_o king_n of_o all_o king_n full_a many_o wonder_n world_n chance_n let_v slide_v under_o his_o sufferance_n there_o wot_v no_o man_n the_o cause_n why_o but_o he_o the_o which_o be_v almyghty_a and_o that_o be_v prove_v whilom_o 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communis_fw-la amorâ—_n sed_fw-la immoderatos_fw-la quae_fw-la facit_fw-la excessus_fw-la non_fw-la reputatur_fw-la amans_fw-la sors_z tamen_fw-la unde_fw-la venus_fw-la attractat_fw-la corda_fw-la videre_fw-la quae_fw-la rationis_fw-la erunt_fw-la non_fw-la ratione_fw-la sinit_fw-la ¶_o hic_fw-la loquor_fw-la adhur_n contra_fw-la incestuoso_n aniantum_fw-la coitus_fw-la /_o et_fw-la narrat_fw-la mirabile_fw-la exemplum_fw-la de_fw-la magno_fw-la rege_fw-la antiocho_n qui_fw-la uxore_fw-la mortua_fw-la propriam_fw-la filiam_fw-la violavit_fw-la et_fw-la quia_fw-la filie_n matrimonium_fw-la penes_fw-la alios_fw-la impedire_fw-la voluit_fw-la tale_n ab_fw-la eo_fw-la exiit_fw-la edictum_fw-la quod_fw-la si_fw-la quis_fw-la eam_fw-la in_o vxorem_fw-la peterit_n nisi_fw-la quoddam_fw-la problema_fw-la questionis_fw-la quam_fw-la ipse_fw-la rex_fw-la proposuerat_fw-la /_o veraciter_fw-la solueret_fw-la capitali_fw-la sentencia_fw-la puniretur_fw-la super_fw-la quo_fw-la veniens_fw-la tandem_fw-la discretus_fw-la invenis_fw-la princepe_fw-la tyri_fw-la appolius_n questionem_fw-la soluit_fw-la /_o nec_fw-la tamen_fw-la filiam_fw-la habere_fw-la potuit_fw-la /_o sed_fw-la rex_fw-la indignatus_fw-la ipsum_fw-la propter_fw-la hoc_fw-la in_o mortis_fw-la odium_fw-la recoliegit_fw-la under_o appolinus_n a_o fancy_n regis_fw-la fugiens_fw-la quam_fw-la plura_fw-la prout_fw-la inferius_fw-la intitulantur_fw-la propter_fw-la amorem_fw-la pericula_fw-la possus_fw-la est_fw-la ¶_o of_o a_o cronyke_a in_o day_n go_v the_o which_o be_v clepe_v panteone_n in_o love_n cause_n i_o rede_v thus_o how_o that_o the_o great_a antiochus_n of_o who_o that_o antioch_n take_v his_o first_o name_n as_o say_v the_o book_n be_v couple_v to_o a_o noble_a queen_n and_o have_v a_o daughter_n they_o between_o but_o such_o fortune_n come_v to_o honde_n that_o death_n which_o no_o king_n may_v withstond_v but_o every_o life_n it_o must_v obey_v this_o worthy_a queen_n take_v away_o the_o king_n 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pentapolim_n direxit_fw-la ¶_o thus_o be_v this_o young_a lord_n alone_o all_o naked_a in_o a_o pour_v plyte_n his_o colour_n which_o be_v whilom_o white_a be_v than_o of_o water_n fade_v and_o pale_a and_o eke_o he_o be_v so_o sore_a a_o cale_fw-la that_o he_o wist_v of_o himself_o no_o boat_n it_o help_v he_o no_o thing_n for_o to_o mote_n to_o gete_v a_o again_fw-mi that_o he_o have_v lore_n but_o she_o which_o have_v his_o death_n forlore_v fortune_n though_o she_o will_v not_o yelp_v all_o sodeyn_o have_v send_v he_o help_v when_o he_o think_v all_o grace_n aweye_n there_o come_v a_o fyssher_n in_o the_o weigh_v and_o sigh_v a_o man_n there_o naked_a stone_v and_o when_o that_o he_o have_v understonde_v the_o cause_n he_o have_v of_o he_o great_a routh_n and_o only_o of_o his_o pover_fw-mi troth_n of_o such_o clothes_n as_o he_o have_v with_o great_a pite_n this_o lord_n he_o clothe_v and_o he_o he_o thonk_v as_o he_o shall_v and_o say_v he_o that_o it_o shall_v be_v yolde_v if_o 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may_v see_v the_o king_n be_v soon_o set_v and_o serve_v and_o he_o which_o have_v his_o prize_n deserve_v after_o the_o king_n own_o word_n be_v make_v begin_v a_o myddel_n board_n that_o both_o king_n and_o queen_n he_o sye_a he_o set_v and_o cast_v about_o his_o eye_n and_o see_v the_o lord_n in_o estate_n and_o with_o himself_o wax_v in_o debate_n thynkende_v what_o he_o have_v lore_n and_o such_o a_o sorrow_n he_o take_v therefore_o that_o he_o sit_v ever_o still_o and_o thought_n as_o he_o which_o of_o no_o mete_v wrought_v ¶_o qualiter_fw-la appollinê°_n in_fw-la cena_fw-la recumbens_fw-la nihil_fw-la comedit_fw-la sed_fw-la doloroso_fw-la vultu_fw-la submisso_fw-la capite_fw-la maxim_n ingemescebat_fw-la qui_fw-la tandem_fw-la a_o filia_fw-la regis_fw-la confortatus_fw-la citheram_fw-la plectens_fw-la cunctis_fw-la audientibus_fw-la /_o citherando_fw-la ultra_fw-la modum_fw-la complacuit_fw-la ¶_o the_o king_n behold_v his_o hevynesse_n and_o of_o his_o great_a gentylnesse_n his_o daughter_n which_o be_v fair_a &_o good_a and_o at_o the_o board_n bifore_fw-la he_o stand_v as_o it_o be_v thilk_o time_n usage_n he_o bid_v to_o go_v on_o his_o message_n and_o fond_a for_o to_o make_v he_o glade_n and_o she_o do_v as_o her_o fader_fw-mi bid_v and_o go_v to_o he_o the_o soft_a paa_n and_o ask_v whence_o and_o what_o he_o be_v and_o praith_n he_o shall_v his_o thought_n i_o leave_v he_o say_v madam_n by_o your_o leave_n my_o name_n be_v hot_a appolynus_n and_o of_o my_o riches_n it_o be_v thus_o upon_o the_o see_v i_o have_v it_o lore_n the_o contre_fw-fr where_o as_o i_o be_v bear_v where_o that_o my_o land_n be_v and_o my_o rend_v i_o leave_v at_o tyre_n when_o that_o i_o go_v the_o worship_n there_o of_o which_o i_o ought_v unto_o the_o god_n i_o there_o betought_v and_o thus_o togider_v as_o they_o two_o speak_v the_o teeris_n run_v down_o by_o his_o cheek_n the_o king_n which_o thereof_o take_v good_a keep_v have_v great_a pite_n to_o see_v he_o weep_v 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