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    The document is a poem written in Old French. It describes a man's uncertainty about whether a woman will love him in return, but his determination to try to gain her favor. He recalls advancing in his feelings for her without asking for anything in return. He reflects that it has been a long time since he stopped pursuing her, not because he doesn't love her, but because it has become a game of deception. The poem ends by repeating his uncertainty but resolve to make an effort. It also includes a short round in which singers describe Robin and Marion walking arm in arm in the woods and falling asleep, and again state that the woman has brought the singer close to death.

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    The document is a poem written in Old French. It describes a man's uncertainty about whether a woman will love him in return, but his determination to try to gain her favor. He recalls advancing in his feelings for her without asking for anything in return. He reflects that it has been a long time since he stopped pursuing her, not because he doesn't love her, but because it has become a game of deception. The poem ends by repeating his uncertainty but resolve to make an effort. It also includes a short round in which singers describe Robin and Marion walking arm in arm in the woods and falling asleep, and again state that the woman has brought the singer close to death.

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    Superius: Maiz Je Me Mettray en Essay

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    Jean Gómez
    The document is a poem written in Old French. It describes a man's uncertainty about whether a woman will love him in return, but his determination to try to gain her favor. He recalls advancing in his feelings for her without asking for anything in return. He reflects that it has been a long time since he stopped pursuing her, not because he doesn't love her, but because it has become a game of deception. The poem ends by repeating his uncertainty but resolve to make an effort. It also includes a short round in which singers describe Robin and Marion walking arm in arm in the woods and falling asleep, and again state that the woman has brought the singer close to death.

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    Superius:

    Selle maymera je ne scay,


    maiz je me mettray en essay
    daquerir quelque peu sa grace.
    Force mest que par la je passe;
    ceste foiz jen feray laissay.

    If she will love me I do not know,


    but I will make an effort
    to get a little in her favor.
    I am forced to take that direction:
    this time I will give it a try.

    Lautre jour tant je madvensay (1)


    que prezque tout mon cueur lassay
    daller sans que luy demandasse.

    The other day I advanced so far


    that I almost let my heart
    give in without having asked it.

    Selle maymera je ne scay,


    maiz je me mettray en essay.

    If she will love me I do not know,


    but I will make an effort.

    Puis aprez le coup me pensay


    que lonc temps a que ne cessay,
    ne ne fut que je ne laymasse,
    maiz cest ung jeu de passe passe,
    jen suis comme jen commensay.

    Then after the deed I thought by myself


    that why after a long time did I not cease,
    not because I do not want to love her,
    but because it is a game of deception,
    I am where I was when I commenced.

    Selle maymera je ne scay,


    maiz je me mettray en essay
    daquerir quelque peu sa grace.
    Force mest que par la je passe;
    ceste foiz jen feray laissay.

    If she will love me I do not know,


    but I will make an effort
    to get a little in her favor.
    I am forced to take that direction:
    this time I will give it a try.

    Tenor, contratenor altus and bassus:


    Petite camusette,
    a la mort mavez myz.

    Little snub-nose,
    you have brought me close to death.

    Robin et Marion
    sen vont au boys jouer, (2)
    ilz sen vont bras a bras,
    ilz se sont endormyz. (3)

    Robin and Marion


    are going to the woods to play,
    they are walking arm in arm,
    they have gone to sleep.

    Petite camusette,
    a la mort mavez myz.

    Little snub-nose,
    you have brought me close to death.

    2) Line 4 au bois joly in Dijon and Nivelle


    3) Line 5 ilz sen sont ... in Nivelle

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