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 Ye shul be ded be myghty mars the rede  
The quene anon for verray wommanhede  
 Gan forto wepe and so dede Emelye  
 And alle the ladyes in that companye  
 Gret pyte was it as hem thoughte alle  
 That euyr suche a chaunce sholde be falle  
For gentilmen they were and of gret astat  
 And no thyng but for loue was this debaat  
 And sawe hir blody woundis wide and sore  
 And alle cryden bothe lasse and more  
 Haue mercy lord vpon vs wymmen alle  
And on her bare knees doun they falle  
 And wolde haue kild hem there as they stood  
 Tyl at the laste slakyd was his mood  
 For pyte renneth sone in gentyl herte  
 And though he first for ire quoke and sterte  
He considered shortly in a clause  
 The trespas of hem bothe and eke the cause  
 And al though that his ire hire gilt acused  
 ʒit in his reson he hem bothe excused  
 And thus he thoughte wel that euery man  
Wil helpe hym self in loue al that he can  
 And delyuer hym self out of pryson  
 And eke in his herte he hadde compassion  
 Of wommen for they were euer in one  
 And in his gentil herte he thoughte anon  
And softe vnto hym self he sayde fy  
 Vp on a lord that wil haue no mercy  
 But be a lioun bothe in word and dede  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: KT, 890
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 1748
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 1748

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: KT, 895
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 1753
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 1753

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: KT, 900
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 1758
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 1758

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: KT, 905
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 1763
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 1763

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: KT, 910
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 1768
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 1768

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: KT, 915
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 1773
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 1773