With sorwe they bothe dye and live,
That to richesse her hertis yive,
And in defaute of love it is,
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As it shewith ful wel, y-wis.
For if these gredy, the sothe to seyn,
Loveden, and were loved ageyn,
And good love regned over-alle,
Such wikkidnesse ne shulde falle;
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