But he amende him of that vyce,

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And knowe him-silf, he is not wys.

'Certis, he shulde ay freendly be,

To gete him love also ben free,

Or ellis he is not wyse ne sage

No more than is a gote ramage.

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That he not loveth, his dede proveth,

Whan he his richesse so wel loveth,