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And thus they ben acorded and y sworn  
 To wayte a tyme as I haue told beforn  
 Whan Nicholas hadde do thus euerideel  
 And thackyd here aboute the lendis wel  
 He kiste hir swete and took his sawtrye  
And pleyde faste and made melodye  
 Than fil it thus that to the parish chirche  
 Cristis owen workis forto werche  
 This good wyf wente on an holyday  
 Her forhed shoon as brighte as ony day  
So was it wasshe when she leet her werk  
 Now was ther of that chirche a parish clerk  
 The whiche was y clepyd absolon  
 Crulled was his heer and as the gold it shoon  
 And strowtid as a fane large and brood  
Ful streyght and euene lay his ioly shode  
 His rode was reed his yen gray as goos  
 With powlis wyndowes coruen in his shoos  
 In hosis reed he wente ful fetously  
 I clad he was ful smal and fetously  
In a kirtyl or a lityl waget  
 Ful faire and wel be the poyntis set  
 And ther vpon he hadde agay surplis  
 As whyte as blossom on the rys  
 Amery child he was so god me saue  
Wel coude he lete blood and ek shaue  
 And make a chartir of lond & aquytance  
 In twenty maners coude he tryppe & daunce  
 Aftir the scole of Oxenforde tho  

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MI, 115
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 3301
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 3301

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MI, 120
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 3306
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 3306

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MI, 125
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 3311
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 3311

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MI, 130
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 3316
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 3316

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MI, 135
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 3321
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 3321

CTP/Traditional Line Concorder

In CTP line numbering: MI, 140
In Group (Traditional) numbering: Group A, 3326
In Fragment (Riverside) numbering: Fragment I, 3326