Wolde it biwreye, [or dorste], or sholde conne,

For al the good that god made under sonne;

55. That rather deye I wolde, and determyne,

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As thinketh me, now [stokked] in presoun,

In wrecchednesse, in filthe, and in vermyne,

Caytif to cruel king Agamenoun;

And this, in alle the temples of this toun,

Upon the goddes alle, I wol thee swere,

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