And in a thousand formes doun him sente
For love in erthe, and whom yow liste, he hente.
4. Ye fierse [Mars] apeysen of his ire,
And, as yow list, ye maken hertes digne;
Algates, hem that ye wol sette a-fyre,
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They dreden shame, and vices they resigne;
Ye do hem corteys be, fresshe and benigne,
And hye or lowe, after a wight [entendeth];
The Ioyes that he hath, your might him sendeth.