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‘And ȝeue I wyste thow woldeste so,
I wolde maken the to ben able.
Eche day to sytten at hir table;
With hir to be cómensal,
Off Cheerte in especyal.
And (ȝeue I schal the trouthë telle)
In howsholde with hir I dwelle,
And am to hir, off custom, ner.