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Nat longe tyme after that this Grisild |
| Was wedded, she a doghter hath ybore- |
| Al had hir levere have born a man child; |
| 445 | Glad was this markys and the folk therfore, |
| For though a mayde child coome al bifore, |
| She may unto a knave child atteyne |
| By liklihede, syn she nys nat bareyne. |
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Not long Griselda had, it seems, been wed |
| Before a daughter to her lord she bore, |
| Though of a son she'd rather have gone to bed. |
| 445 | Glad were the marquis and the folk therefor; |
| For though a girl-child came thus all before, |
| She might well to a boy-child yet attain, |
| Since barren she was not, it now was plain. |
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