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And, Scogan, thogh his bowe be nat broken,

He wol nat with his arwes been y-wroken

On thee, ne me, ne noon of our figure;

We shul of him have neyther hurt ne cure.

Now certes, frend, I drede of thyn unhappe,

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Lest for thy gilt the wreche of Love procede

On alle hem that ben hore and rounde of shape,

That ben so lykly folk in love to spede.