And thus seyde he, 'now wolde god I wiste,
Myn herte swete, how I yow mighte plese!
What man,' quod he, 'was ever thus at ese
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As I, on whiche the faireste and the beste
That ever I say, deyneth hir herte reste.
184. Here may men seen that [mercy passeth right];
The experience of that is felt in me,
That am unworthy to so swete a wight.
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