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this_o matere_fw-la ¶_o now_o list_v my_o son_n &_o thou_o shall_v here_o so_o as_o it_o have_v be_v befall_v er_fw-mi this_o in_o love_n cause_n how_o that_o it_o be_v a_o man_n to_o take_v by_o ravyne_fw-mi the_o prey_n which_o be_v feminyne_o ¶_o hic_fw-la ponit_fw-la exemplum_fw-la contra_fw-la istos_fw-la in_o amoris_fw-la causa_fw-la raptores_fw-la et_fw-la narrat_fw-la qualiter_fw-la pandion_n tex_fw-la athen_a ii_o filias_fw-la vez_fw-fr prognen_n &_o philomenan_n habuit_fw-la progne_n autem_fw-la regi_fw-la tracie_n therreo_fw-la desponsata_fw-la contigit_fw-la quod_fw-la cum_fw-la tereus_n ad_fw-la instantiam_fw-la uxoris_fw-la sue_v philomenam_fw-la the_o athen_a in_o traciam_fw-la sororie_n visitationis_fw-la causa_fw-la secum_fw-la quadam_fw-la vice_fw-la perduceret_fw-la in_o concupiscentiam_fw-la philomene_n tanta_fw-la seneritate_fw-la in_o itinere_fw-la dilapsus_fw-la est_fw-la quod_fw-la ipse_fw-la non_fw-la solum_fw-la sue_v violentia_fw-la rapine_n virginitatem_fw-la eius_fw-la oppressit_fw-la sed_fw-la et_fw-la ipsius_fw-la linguam_fw-la ne_fw-la factum_fw-la detegeret_fw-la forcipe_fw-la mitula_fw-la nit_n unde_fw-la imperpetue_n memory_n ceonicam_fw-la tanti_fw-la raptoris_fw-la austeritatem_fw-la miro_fw-la ordine_fw-la dii_o postea_fw-la vindicarunt_fw-la ¶_o there_o be_v a_o ryall_n noble_a king_n a_o rich_a of_o all_o world_n thing_n which_o of_o his_o proper_a inheritance_n athenis_fw-la have_v in_o governance_n and_o who_o so_o thynk_v thereupon_o his_o name_n be_v king_n pandion_n two_o doughter_n have_v he_o by_o his_o wife_n the_o which_o he_o love_v as_o his_o life_n the_o first_o daughter_n progne_n hyght_n and_o the_o second_o as_o she_o well_o may_v be_v clepe_v fair_a philomene_n to_o who_o fall_v after_o mochel_n tene_z the_o father_n of_o his_o purueaunce_n his_o daughter_n progne_n will_v avarice_n and_o gaâ—e_v she_o unto_o marriage_n a_o worthy_a king_n of_o high_a lineage_n a_o noble_a knight_n eke_o of_o 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