So sore abasshed was she, til that Nature
Seyde, 'doghter, drede yow noght, I yow assure.'
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Of lower kinde, and seyde, 'that shal not be;
I love hir bet than ye do, by seynt Iohn,
Or atte leste I love hir as wel as ye;
And lenger have served hir, in my degree,
And if she shulde have loved for long loving,
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