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ANELIDA AND ARCITE.

PHILLIPPS MS. 8299.

That loueth you most god wel pou woost alwey
Nowe turne agayne and yet be playñ som day
And than shall this that nowe is mysse be game
And a foryeuen whiH that I lyuen may

280

(38) (Compleint 8; Movement II. 1.)

Lo hert myne all this you for to sayne
As whether shall I pray or els playne

281

Whiche is the way and do you to be true
For owther mot I haue you in my chayn

Or with the deth ye mot depart vs twayñ
There be no nother mene weys new

285

For so wisly on my soule god rue
Als veraily ye sle me with the payn
That may ye see vnfeynyd on my hue

289

(39) (Compleint 9; Movement II. 2: left out, as in Shirley's MSS., Parallel-Texts, p. 166-7, Supplementary Text, p. 52-3.)

(40) (Compleint 10; Movement II. 3: 4 & 5 rymes in ede.)

And shał I pray and weyuen womanheede [leaf B, back] 299 Nay rather dye than do so fowle a dede

To aske mercy causeles what nede

But if that I to you may no nother wayes bede
For myn excuse a skorne shall be my mede
Your chere floureth but yt wol not sede
Full longe agoo me ought have taken hede

303

307

ANELIDA AND ARCITE.

PHILLIPPS MS. 8299.

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(41) (Compleint 11; Movement II. 4.)

308

For yf I myght haue you to myne agayñ

I myght als wele kepe Aprile fro rayn

As to holde you and make you stidfaste

O myghty god of treuth souerayñ

Where is the trouth of man who hatħ yt slayñ

312

For who thaym louyth shall fynde paim as faste

Als in a tempest is a roten maste

Is that a tame beste þat is ay fayñ

To flee a-way whan yt is leest agast

316

(42) (Compleint 12; Movement II. 5.)

(43) (Compleint 13; Movement II. 6.)

This long nyght this wondre sight I drye

333

And on the day for thilk affray I dye

And of all this my swete I-wis ye ne reche

And neuer moo myñ eyen two ben drye

But to your ruth and to your truth I crye [leaf C, paper] 337

3.

Truth.

1. PHILLIPPS MS. 8299.

2. HATTON MS. 73.

3. MS. ARCH. SELD. B. 10.