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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