Beth rather to him cause of [flat than egge],

And with som wysdom ye his sorwes bete.

What helpeth it to wepen ful a strete,

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Or though ye bothe in salte teres dreynte?

Bet is a tyme of cure ay than of pleynte.

134. I mene thus; whan I him hider bringe,

Sin ye ben wyse, and bothe of oon assent,

So shapeth how distourbe your goinge,

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