Benethen him, love other companye,

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And streyneth folk to love, malgre hir hede?

And then hir Ioye, for oght I can espye,

Ne lasteth not the twinkeling of an yë,

And somme han never Ioye til they be dede.

What meneth this? what is this mistihede?

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Wherto constreyneth he his folk so faste

Thing to desyre, but hit shulde laste?