So gladly, I trow, myn herte seyen,

That purely tho myn owne thoght

Seyde hit were [bet] serve hir for noght

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Than with another to be wel.

And hit was sooth, for, everydel,

I wil anoon-right telle thee why.

'I saw hir daunce so comlily,

Carole and singe so swetely,

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