The world hath mad a permutacioun
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Fro right to wrong, fro trouthe to fikelnesse,
That al is lost, for lak of stedfastnesse.
Lenvoy to King Richard.
O prince, desyre to be honourable,
Cherish thy folk and hate extorcioun!
Suffre no thing, that may be reprevable
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To thyn estat, don in thy regioun.