For, nece myn, thus wryten clerkes wyse,
That peril is with drecching in [y-drawe];
Nay, swich abodes been nought worth an hawe.
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123. [Nece], al thing hath tyme, I dar avowe;
For whan a chaumber a-fyr is, or an halle,
Wel more nede is, it sodeynly rescowe
Than to dispute, and axe amonges alle
How is this candele in the straw y-falle?
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