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Now sothly what she hight I wol reherse:
Hir name is Bountee set in womanhede,
Sadnesse in youthe and Beautee prydelees
And Plesaunce under governaunce and drede;
Hir surname is eek Faire Rewthelees
The Wyse, yknit unto Good Aventure,
That, for I love hir, she sleeth me giltelees.
Hir name is Bountee set in womanhede,
Sadnesse in youthe and Beautee prydelees
And Plesaunce under governaunce and drede;
Hir surname is eek Faire Rewthelees
The Wyse, yknit unto Good Aventure,
That, for I love hir, she sleeth me giltelees.
Hir love I best, and shal, whyl I may dure,
Bet than myself an hundred thousand deel,
Than al this worldes richesse or creature.
Now hath not Love me bestowed weel
To love ther I never shal have part?
Allas, right thus is turned me the wheel,
Thus am I slayn with Loves fyry dart!
I can but love hir best, my swete fo;
Love hath me taught no more of his art
But serve alwey and stinte for no wo.
Bet than myself an hundred thousand deel,
Than al this worldes richesse or creature.
Now hath not Love me bestowed weel
To love ther I never shal have part?
Allas, right thus is turned me the wheel,
Thus am I slayn with Loves fyry dart!
I can but love hir best, my swete fo;
Love hath me taught no more of his art
But serve alwey and stinte for no wo.
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