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He shuld yit rewen on thy peyne.
Suffire, I rede, and no boost make,
Til thou at good mes mayst him take.
By suffraunce, and [by] wordis softe,
A man may overcomen ofte
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Him that aforn he hadde in drede,
In bookis sothly as I rede.'
Thus hath my Freend with gret comfort