And [han] our sermoun of hir nomen,
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A wondir wil I telle thee now,
Thou herdist never sich oon, I trow.
I not wher thou me leven shal,
Though sothfastnesse it be [in] al,
As it is writen, and is sooth,
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That unto men more profit doth
The froward Fortune and contraire,