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 I weddid be that was ful of yong age  
 Whiche that y clepid was valerian  
And day was come of her mariage  
 She ful deuout and humbil in her corage  
 Vnder her Robe of gold that sat ful feyre  
 Hadde next her flessh I clad her in an heir  
 And whyle that the Organs made melody  
To god aboue thus in her herte song she  
 O lord my body and eek my soule gy  
 Vnwemmyd lest I confoundid be  
 And for his loue that vp on the tre  
 Euery seconde and thridde day she fast  
Ay biddynge in her orisons ful fast  
 The nyght cam and to bedde muste she goon  
 With her husbonde as it was the manere  
 And priuely she sayde to hym anoon  
 O swete and welbelouyd spouse dere  
Ther is a counsel and ye wol it here  
 Whiche that right fayn I wolde to you seye  
 So that ye swere ye wil it not bewrey  
 Valerian gan faste to her swere  
 That for no caas ne thing that might be  
He sholde neuer to none bewreyen her  
 And than at erst to hym sayde she  
 I haue an aungel whiche that louyth me  
 That with gret loue wher so I wake or slepe  
 Is redy ay my body forto kepe  
And yf that he may felen out of drede  
 That ye me touche or loue in vilony  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: NU, 130
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group G, 130
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VIII, 130

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In CTP line numbering: NU, 135
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group G, 135
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VIII, 135

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In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group G, 140
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VIII, 140

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In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group G, 145
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VIII, 145

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: NU, 150
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group G, 150
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VIII, 150

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

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In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group G, 155
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment VIII, 155