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 For certeinly I drede suche sentence  
 Though they not pleyne in myn audience  
 I wolde lyue in pees yf that I mighte  
 Wherfore I am disposid ful vttirly  
As I his sustir seruyd by nyght  
 Right so thinke I to serue hym priuely  
 This warne I you that ye not sodenly  
 Out of your self for no wo sholde affraye  
 Be pacient and ther of I you pray  
I haue quod she said thus and euer shal  
 I wol no thing ne no maner certeyn  
 But as you list nothing greuith me at al  
 Though that my doughter & my sone be slayn  
 At your comaundement this is forto sayn  
I haue had no part of children tweyn  
 But first seeknes and aftir woo and peyne  
 Ye been our lord / doth with your owen thing  
 Right as you list axeth no leue of me  
 For as I lefte at hoom al my clothinge  
When I cam first to you right so quod she  
 Lefte I my wyl and al my liberte  
 And took your clothinge wherfore I you pray  
 Doth your plesaunce I wyl your lust obey  
 And certis yf I hadde ony prescience  
Your wyll to knowe or ye your lust me tolde  
 I wolde it do withoute negligence  
 But now I woot your lust and what ye wolde  
 Al your plesaunce ferm and stabil I holde  
 For wiste I that my deth mighte do you ese  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

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In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group E, 640
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment IV, 640

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

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In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group E, 645
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment IV, 645

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: CL, 650
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group E, 650
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment IV, 650

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

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In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group E, 655
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment IV, 655

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

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In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group E, 660
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment IV, 660