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‘Sir,’ he seyd, ‘a maiden it is
Þat Herhaud fond, wel feir, y-wis,
Vnder an hawe-þorn in þe forest.’
Quaþ Gij, ‘fete hir to me in hast,
Swiþe þat ich miȝt hir se.
Now hastiliche bringeþ hir to me.’
Þe chaumberleyn is forþ y-gon,
& brouȝt hir bi-forn hem anon.
Gij hir knewe, & gan hir gret,
‘Welcome be þou, mi lef swete,’
As sche was into þe halle y-come,
Wepeinde & sorwende vnder-nome.
Wiþ þat hij seye þat bodi, y-wis,
Liggend on a pal of pris.
Þat Herhaud fond, wel feir, y-wis,
Vnder an hawe-þorn in þe forest.’
Quaþ Gij, ‘fete hir to me in hast,
Swiþe þat ich miȝt hir se.
Now hastiliche bringeþ hir to me.’
Þe chaumberleyn is forþ y-gon,
& brouȝt hir bi-forn hem anon.
Gij hir knewe, & gan hir gret,
‘Welcome be þou, mi lef swete,’
As sche was into þe halle y-come,
Wepeinde & sorwende vnder-nome.
Wiþ þat hij seye þat bodi, y-wis,
Liggend on a pal of pris.
‘A, leman Tirri,’ quaþ sche þo,
‘What, y se þi neb al blo,
Þat so white of colour was:
Þi better neuer y-born nas.
In wroched time mi bodi þou say,
When þou schalt for me day.
Dye ich-il forþ wiþ þe:
For sorwe liues no may y be.
Bot y may dye ichil me quelle:
Leng to libbe is nouȝt mi wille.
Seþþen þou hast þi deþ for me,
For soþe dye ich-il for þe.’
When sche seye Tirri, hir leman,
Ouer him sche fel aswon onan.
Gij hir in his armes nam,
& seyd to hir, ‘mi leue leman,
No make þou nouȝt sorwe so miche:
Þi leman worþ hole hastiliche.’
In þat cite þai bi-leued þere
What Tirry was hole & fere.
To þe wode þai ben y-go:
Miche loue was bitven hem to.
‘What, y se þi neb al blo,
Þat so white of colour was:
Þi better neuer y-born nas.
In wroched time mi bodi þou say,
When þou schalt for me day.
Dye ich-il forþ wiþ þe:
For sorwe liues no may y be.
Bot y may dye ichil me quelle:
Leng to libbe is nouȝt mi wille.
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For soþe dye ich-il for þe.’
When sche seye Tirri, hir leman,
Ouer him sche fel aswon onan.
Gij hir in his armes nam,
& seyd to hir, ‘mi leue leman,
No make þou nouȝt sorwe so miche:
Þi leman worþ hole hastiliche.’
In þat cite þai bi-leued þere
What Tirry was hole & fere.
To þe wode þai ben y-go:
Miche loue was bitven hem to.
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