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'Ah, sire, for goddis love,' seide I,
Er ye passe hens, ententifly
Your comaundementis to me ye say,
And I shal kepe hem, if I may;
For hem to kepen is al my thought.
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And if so be I wot hem nought,
Than may I [sinne] unwitingly.
Wherfore I pray you enterely,