'But wherfor that I telle my tale?
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Right on this same, as I have seyd,
Was hoolly al my love leyd;
For certes, she was, that swete wyf,
My suffisaunce, my lust, my lyf,
Myn hap, myn hele, and al my blisse,
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My worldes welfare and my [lisse],
And I hirs hoolly, everydel.'