And winne on it, such hap may be;

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Al may the man not lese, y-wis,

For at the leest the skin is his.

Or elles, if it so bityde

That he wol kepe his hors to ryde,

Yit is he lord ay of his hors.

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But thilke chaffare is wel wors,

There Venus entremeteth nought;