I may wepe with Rachel. I may not ben counsayled with solace,
sithen issue of myn hertely desyre is fayled. Now than I pray that
to me [come] sone fredom and grace in this eight[eth] yere; this
eighteth mowe to me bothe be kinrest and masseday, after the
seven werkedays of travayle, to folowe the Christen lawe; and,
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what ever ye do els, that thilke Margaryte be holden so, lady, in
your privy chambre, that she in this case to none other person be
committed.'
'Loke than,' quod she, 'thou persever in my service, in whiche