She never mighte be thy tormentour;

Thou never dreddest hir oppressioun,

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Ne in hir chere founde thou no savour.

Thou knewe wel deceit of hir colour,

And that hir moste worshipe is to lye.

I knowe hir eek a fals dissimulour:

For fynally, Fortune, I thee defye!

II. La respounse de Fortune au Pleintif.

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