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Caxton 1, folio134v image
And yf she be high and of riche parage  
 Thow saist that it is a very turmentry  
 To suffre hir pryde and hir malencoly  
 And yf she be fair thow verry knaue  
 Thou saist that euery harlot wol her haue  
She may no whyle in chastite abyde  
 That is assaylid on euery syde  
 Thow sayst som folk desire vs for riches  
 Some for our shap & some for our fairnes  
 And some for she can othir singe or daunce  
And some for gentilnes or for daliaunce  
 Som for her hondis and legges smale  
 Thus goth al to the deuyl be thy tale  
 Thow sayst men may kepe a castel wal  
 It may so longe assaylid be ouyr al  
And yf she be foul thou sayst that she  
 Coueytith euery man that she may se  
 For as a spaynel she wol on hym lepe  
 Til she may fynde som man her to chepe  
 Ne non so grey goos goth ther in the lake  
As sayst thow be wyl withoute her make  
 And sayst it is an hard thyng forto welde  
 A thing that noman wol his thank helde  
 Thus sayst thou lorel whan thou gost to bedde  
 And that no wyse man nedith forto wedde  
Ne noman that entendith vnto heuyn  
 With wilde thundir dynt and fyre leuyn  
 I pray god moot thyn necke al to breke  
 Tho sayst a dropping hous and eek smeke  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: WBP, 250
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group D, 250
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment III, 250

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: WBP, 255
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group D, 255
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment III, 255

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: WBP, 260
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group D, 260
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment III, 260

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: WBP, 265
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group D, 265
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment III, 265

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: WBP, 270
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group D, 270
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment III, 270

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: WBP, 275
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group D, 275
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment III, 275