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Seneca.
Ȝif a fol speke to þe vilenye,Þen is þe beste remedye
ffor to forȝete alle-maner wreche
Of þe folyes of his speche;
ffor ȝif þou woldest hit putte to soþing
Þat he seyde ouur niȝt vppon þe morwening,
Þou miȝtest procure wiþ such prouyng
To þi-self newe schamyng.
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