And lat us shape a bettre wey to finde.

187. The sothe is, that the twinninge of us tweyne

Wol us disese and cruelliche anoye.

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But him bihoveth som-tyme han a peyne,

That serveth love, if that he wol have Ioye.

And sin I shal no ferthere out of Troye

Than I may ryde ayein on half a morwe,

It oughte lasse causen us to sorwe.

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