And live in wo, ther god yeve hem mischaunce,
And every lover in his trouthe avaunce!
199. As wolde god, tho wrecches, that dispyse
Servyse of love, hadde eres al-so longe
As hadde [Myda], ful of coveityse;
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And ther-to dronken hadde as hoot and stronge
As [Crassus] dide for his affectis wronge,
To techen hem that they ben in the vyce,
And loveres nought, al-though they holde hem nyce!