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And al for-yive,whyl that I livemay.
(Antistrophe.)
1. Lo! herte myn, al this is for to seyne,
As whether shal I preye or elles pleyne?
Whiche is the wey to doon yow to be trewe?
For either mot I have yow in my cheyne,
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Or with the dethe ye mot departe us tweyne;
Ther ben non other mene weyes newe;