The thridde tercel egle answerde tho,

Now, sirs, ye seen the litel leyser here;

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For every foul cryeth out to been a-go

Forth with his make, or with his lady dere;

And eek Nature hir-self ne wol nought here,

For tarying here, noght half that I wolde seye;

And but I speke, I mot for sorwe deye.

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Of long servyse avaunte I me no-thing,