ANONYMOUS
Than ye shall say another day
That by my cursed rede Ye were betrayed. Wherefore, good maid
The best rede that I can, Is, that I to the green-wood go,
Alone, a banished man.
She. Whatever befall, I never shall
Of this thing be upbraid. But if ye go, and leave me so,
Then have ye ^me betrayed. Remember you wele, how that ye dele;
For if ye, as ye said, Be so unkind to leave behind
Your love, the Nut-brown Maid, Trust me truly that I shall die
Soon after ye be gone. For, in my mind, of all mankind
I love but you alone.
He. If that ye went, ye should repent;
For in the forest now I have purveyed me of a maid
Whom I love more than you. Another more fair than ever \c were
I dare it well avow, And of you both each should be wroth
With other, as I uow It were mine ea^e to live in peace,
So will I, if I can: Wherefore I to the wood wilJ go,
Alone, a banished man.
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