And ther-with-al a thousand tyme hir kiste;

That, what to done, for Ioye unnethe he wiste.

180. Than seyde he thus, 'O, Love, O, Charitee,

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Thy moder eek, Citherea the swete,

After thy-self next heried be she,

Venus mene I, the [wel-willy] planete;

And next that, [Imenëus], I thee grete;

For never man was to yow goddes holde

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