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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,