And why then Madame, should I wayle or wepe, sithe mine honor and conscience without remorse or grudge do wel like of these my doings, which if they were newly to begin, I would not repente me to doe the same againe.
But now they shal no lenger be Unclosid; and yit I drede sore, 3925 I shal repente ferthermore, For the game goth al amis.
These felouns, fulle of falsitee, Have many sythes bigyled me, And through falshede hir lust acheved, Wherof I repente and am agreved.
Who settith foot here any more, Truly, he shal repente it sore; For no man mo into this place Of me to entre shal have grace.
Right here anoon thou shalt be shriven, And sey thy sinne withoute more; Of this shall thou repente sore; For I am preest, and have poustee To shryve folk of most dignitee 7680 That been, as wyde as world may dure.
I have to longe in this maner 3920 Left hem unclosid wilfully; Wherfore I am right inwardly Sorowful and repente me.
But certes, lord, for noon adversitee, To dyen in the cas, it shal nat be That ever in word or werk I shal repente 860 That I yow yaf myn herte in hool entente.
A wedded man him grace to repente Wel ofte rather than a sengle man!
And prayeth that thise Somnours hem repente Of hir misdedes, er that the feend hem hente.
So drunke he was, he nyste what he wrought, And therfore sore repente him oughte.
So “Go thou forth in this same rees, are Thierry of Ardane Or it shalle the repente ful sore.
The Sowdon̄ was astonyed þan And gan him sore repente 2784 Of the foly, that he bygan̄, And els hade he be shente.
Vengeaunce shalle on the falle, 2516 But thoᶙ repente the here anone.
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