Sin I fro Love escaped am so fat,
I never thenk to ben in his prison lene;
Sin I am free, I counte him not a bene.
He may answere, and seye this or that; 30
I do no fors, I speke right as I mene.
_Sin I fro Love escaped am so fat,_
_I never thenk to ben in his prison lene._
Love hath my name y-strike out of his sclat,
And he is strike out of my bokes clene 35
For ever-mo; [ther] is non other mene.
_Sin I fro Love escaped am so fat,_
_I never thenk to ben in his prison lene;_
_Sin I am free, I counte him not a bene._ 39
_Explicit._
_This excellent text is from_ P. (MS. Pepys 2006, p. 390). _I note all
variations from the_ MS.]
1. P. Yowre two yen; _but read_ Your yen two; _for in_ ll., 6, II, _the_
MS. _has_ Your yen, &c. P. wolle sle. 2. them; _read_ hem. 3. wondeth it
thorowout (out _in the margin_). 4. wille. 5. Mi hertis wound while; it. 6,
7. Yo_ur_ yen, &c. 8. trouth. 9. liffe; deth. 10. deth; trouth. 11-13.
Yo_ur_ yen, &c. 14. yowre. 15. nauailleth; pleyn. 16. danger.
17. deth. 18. soth; fayn. 19, 20. So hath yo_ur_, &c. 21. compased. 22.
grete; atteyn. 23. peyn. 24-26. So hath yo_ur_ beaute, &c. 28. neu_er_e.
29. fre. 30. answer_e_ & sey. 32, 33. Syn I fro loue, &c. 34. I strike. 36.
this is (_read_ ther is). 37-39. Syn I fro loue, &c.
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