For certeyn, they wolde hate me,

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If ever I knewe hir cruelte;

For they wolde over-al holde hem stille

Of trouthe that is ageyn hir wille;

Suche tales kepen they not here.

I might eftsone bye it ful dere,

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If I seide of hem any thing,

That ought displeseth to hir hering.