For wel wot I, in wyse folk, that vyce

No womman [drat], if she be wel avysed;

For wyse ben by foles harm chastysed.

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48. But now to purpos; leve brother dere,

Have al this thing that I have seyd in minde,

And keep thee clos, and be now of good chere,

For at thy day thou shalt me trewe finde.

I shal thy proces sette in swich a kinde,

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