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may_v never_o harm_v befall_v so_o good_a a_o knight_n lady_n quoth_v he_o give_v the_o praise_n to_o god_n as_o for_o i_o judge_v if_o i_o have_v be_v as_o good_a as_o my_o promise_n to_o your_o damsel_n or_o no_o and_o if_o there_o be_v any_o thing_n else_o to_o do_v lady_n i_o be_o ready_a now_o to_o perform_v it_o you_o have_v do_v so_o much_o for_o i_o say_v she_o as_o nothing_o remain_v more_o to_o be_v desire_v unless_o of_o your_o bounty_n you_o will_v cause_v i_o to_o receive_v what_o the_o giant_n take_v from_o i_o by_o force_n for_o see_v he_o be_v dead_a they_o that_o withheld_a it_o from_o i_o will_v now_o willing_o restore_v it_o again_o that_o shall_v be_v likewise_o accomplish_v quoth_v palmerin_n but_o because_o he_o and_o ptolemy_n be_v sore_o wound_v as_o you_o hear_v they_o stay_v to_o be_v 〈◊〉_d and_o send_v crispino_n with_o his_o cousin_n and_o a_o good_a sufficient_a train_n to_o demand_v the_o lady_n castle_n and_o her_o good_n they_o that_o hold_v it_o of_o 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at_o length_n remember_v her_o word_n to_o he_o and_o doubt_v his_o unkindness_n to_o be_v the_o cause_n of_o her_o death_n say_v within_o himself_o alas_o fair_a princess_n must_v i_o at_o the_o first_o motion_n drive_v thou_o to_o despair_v have_v i_o dissemble_v a_o little_a or_o temporize_v the_o matter_n thou_o have_v not_o fall_v into_o this_o extremity_n but_o my_o only_a wilful_a indiscretion_n be_v cause_n of_o thy_o loss_n o_o female_a sex_n how_o be_v you_o subject_n to_o casual_a passion_n yet_o need_v i_o not_o wonder_v at_o this_o present_a mishap_n for_o from_o the_o begin_n of_o the_o world_n the_o woman_n have_v be_v so_o sudden_a and_o voluntary_a to_o the_o effect_n of_o her_o desire_n be_v they_o good_a or_o evil_n but_o especial_o in_o the_o action_n of_o love_n as_o neither_o fear_n honour_n shame_n torment_n no_o nor_o death_n can_v divert_v she_o from_o her_o undiscreâ—te_a fantasy_n hereof_o bear_v record_n hypâ—â—mnestra_n myrrah_n deianira_n scylla_n 〈…〉_o phyllis_n salmacis_n hero_n and_o dydo_n who_o death_n be_v procure_v only_o by_o lavish_a love_n o_o divine_a wisdom_n that_o have_v suffer_v i_o to_o fall_v into_o this_o luckless_a accident_n protect_v i_o from_o any_o further_a disadvantage_n see_v thou_o have_v take_v she_o hence_o who_o give_v some_o ease_n to_o i_o 〈…〉_o that_o so_o lively_o she_o resemble_v my_o sweet_a mistress_n 〈…〉_o desire_v to_o serve_v with_o continual_a loyalty_n i_o nâ—we_v 〈◊〉_d myself_o that_o this_o love_n be_v not_o accompany_v with_o virtue_n and_o that_o for_o my_o good_a it_o have_v so_o chance_v forget_v 〈◊〉_d not_o then_o but_o so_o enable_v i_o as_o in_o such_o bad_a occasion_n 〈…〉_o not_o from_o my_o duty_n and_o such_o be_v my_o confidence_n in_o thy_o promise_n as_o no_o temptation_n shall_v prevail_v against_o i_o but_o this_o captivity_n once_o discharge_v i_o hope_v to_o direct_v my_o course_n please_v in_o thy_o sight_n and_o to_o 〈◊〉_d such_o gracious_a service_n as_o thy_o name_n 〈…〉_o and_o glorify_v for_o ever_o so_o long_o continue_v he_o in_o this_o silent_a contemplation_n as_o alchidiana_n perceive_v he_o which_o great_o displease_v she_o but_o fear_v any_o way_n to_o 〈◊〉_d palmerin_n she_o dare_v not_o say_v what_o she_o think_v live_v in_o hope_n that_o her_o cousin_n be_v dead_a she_o shall_v now_o compass_v the_o effect_n of_o her_o desire_n ardemia_n inter_v in_o her_o honourable_a tomb_n guilharan_n her_o brother_n with_o his_o train_n and_o the_o lady_n that_o attend_v on_o his_o sister_n return_v into_o armenia_n where_o great_a sorrow_n be_v make_v for_o the_o death_n of_o the_o princess_n and_o the_o renown_n of_o her_o beauty_n blaze_v the_o report_n of_o her_o death_n through_o every_o region_n chap._n ix_o how_o amarano_n of_o nigrea_n elder_a son_n to_o the_o king_n of_o phrygia_n understand_v the_o death_n of_o the_o fair_a princess_n ardemia_n who_o be_v new_o promise_v he_o in_o marriage_n make_v many_o grievous_a lamentation_n for_o 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