Armenian legends and poems

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Armenian Legends and Poems
Wherof >>at riche bridel seruel?.
WiV V^t hire chere awei sche swerue]?.
And gan to wepe, and J'us sche tolde
This bridel^ which 3e nov beholde
So riche vpon myn horse hed,
Ma Dame, afore, er I was ded.
Whan I was in mi lusti lif,
Ther fel into myn herte a strif
Of loue, which me overcom.
So l?at J'erafter liiede I nom.
And J'oghte I wolde loue a kniht
That laste wel a fourtenyht,
ffor it no lengere mihte laste.
So nyh my lif was ate laste.
Bot now, alias, to late war
That I ne hadde him loued ar
ffor del? cam so in haste bime,
Er I J-erto hadde eny time.
That it ne mihte ben achieued.
Bot for al y>at I am relieued.
Of J'at mi will was good l^erto.
That loue soffre]? it be so
That I schal swiche a bridel were.
Now haue je herd al myn ansuere
To godd, ma Dame, I 30U betake,
And warnel? alle for mi sake.
Of loue ]?at J'ei ben noght ydel,
And bidd hem >enke vpon rai brydel.
And mTf> pat word al sodeinly
Sche passe]?, as it were a Sky,
Al clene out of yis ladi sihte.
And fo for fere hire herte afflihte.
And seide to hirself, Helas
I am riht in ]?e same cas
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