But truste wel, he shal paye al,
That repente of his bargeyn shal,
Whan Poverte put him in distresse,
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Al were he scoler to Richesse,
That is for me in gret yerning,
Whan she assenteth to my willing.
'But, [by] my modir seint Venus,
And by hir fader Saturnus,
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