194. For if that it be pees, myn herte dere,

The nature of the pees mot nedes dryve

That men moste entrecomunen y-fere,

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And to and fro eek ryde and gon as blyve

Alday as thikke as been flen from an hyve;

And every wight han libertee to bleve

Wher-as him list the bet, with-outen leve.

195. And though so be that pees ther may be noon,

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