A Mumming at Hertford:
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Folio 140 Recto
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that they shuld by nature in ther lyues •
haue souerayntee / on ther prudente wyues •
athinge vnkouthe / which was neuer found •
let men be ware ther fore / or they be bound •
the bond is hard / who so that loketh well •
somman were leuer fettred be in stell •
raunsom migħt helpe / his peyne to aswage •
but who is wedded / lyueth / euer in seruage •
And I know neuer no wher fer ner nere •
man that was glad / to bynd hym prysonere •
though that his prysone his castell or his holde •
were depeynted with asure or with golde •
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