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Specimens of English literature from the 'Ploughmans crede' to the ...

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77. DE REGIMINE PRINCIPUM. 1301 She myght han taryed hir vengeaunce a while,Til that som man hade egalk <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> be.Nay, lete be that !she knewe wele that this yleMay neuer man forth brynge like <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>,And hir <strong>of</strong>fice nedes do mote sheGod bade hir so, I truste as for <strong>the</strong> beste,O maister, maister, god thy soule reste\_S<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>of</strong>John <strong>of</strong> Canace.^598 Of foole largesse wole I talke a space,How it befille, I note in what contree,But <strong>the</strong>r was one named loh^n <strong>of</strong> Canace,A riche man, and two doughters hade he,That vn<strong>to</strong> twey worthy men <strong>of</strong> a CiteeHe wedden lete ; and <strong>the</strong>r was gladnesseAnd reuellf more than I kan expresse.599 The fader his doughters and her husbondesLoued fulle wele, and hade hem leef and dere ;Tyme and tyme he yafe hem wi<strong>the</strong> his hondesOf his goode passyngly, and <strong>the</strong>y suche chereHym made, and were <strong>of</strong> so plesaunt manere.That he ne wist how <strong>to</strong> be better at ese,They coude hym so wele cherisshe and plese.600 For he as muche haunted in partieHer hous as he did his owen hous.They held[en] hym up with her flatrye.That <strong>of</strong> dispence he was outrageousAnd <strong>of</strong> goode <strong>the</strong>y were ay desirousAlk that <strong>the</strong>y axed haden <strong>the</strong>y redy,And <strong>the</strong>y euer were on hym gredy.

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