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[Off purpos Love chase first for to be blynd]

Off purpos Love chase first for to be blynd,
For he with sight of that that I behold
Vanquisht had bene against all godly kynd;
His bow your hand and trusse shold have vnfold,
And he with me to serve had bene assind.
But for he blind and rekelesse wold him hold,
And still by chaunse his dedly strokes bestow,
With such as see I serve and suffer wow.