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Caxton 1, folio132v image
 Then were they maad vpon a creature  
 To purge hym and eke to engendrure  
But I say not this as y you tolde  
 That euery wight that hath suche harneis is holde  
 To go and vse hem in engendrure  
 Than sholde men of chastite take no cure  
 Crist was a mayde and shapyn as a man  
And many an holy saynt sith the worlde began  
 Yet liuyd they euer in parfit chastite  
 But I nyl enuye non virginite  
 Leet hem with bred of pured whete befed  
 And lete vs vsen hoot barly bred  
And yet with barly bred men telle can  
 Our lord Ihesus refresshid many a man  
 In swhich astat as god hath clepid vs  
 I wyl perseuere I am not precious  
 In wyf hood wyl I vse myn instrument  
As frely as my maker hath it sent  
 If I be daungerous god yeue me sorow  
 Whether he wyl at eue or a morow  
 Whan that hym list com forth and pay his dette  
 An husbond wol y haue y wol not lette  
That shal be bothe my dettour and my thral  
 And I his tribulacion with al  
 Duringe the whyle that I am his wyf  
 The power wol I haue during al my lif  
 Both of his propir body and nat he  
Right thus the apostel tolde it me  
 And bad our husbondis forto loue vs weel  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: WBP, 135
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group D, 135
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment III, 135

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In CTP line numbering: WBP, 140
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group D, 140
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment III, 140

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In CTP line numbering: WBP, 145
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group D, 145
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment III, 145

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In CTP line numbering: WBP, 150
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group D, 150
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment III, 150

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In CTP line numbering: WBP, 155
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group D, 155
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment III, 155

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: WBP, 160
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group D, 160
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment III, 160