Whan thou hast lost bothe drede and fere,
It semed wel she was not here.
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She was [not] bisy, in no wyse,
To kepe thee and [to] chastyse,
And for to helpen Chastitee
To kepe the roser, as thinkith me.
For than this boy-knave so boldely
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Ne sholde not have be hardy,