I have herd seyd, eek tymes twyës twelve,

"He is a fool [that wol for-yete him-selve]."'

15. But natheles this thoughte he wel ynough,

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'That certaynly I am aboute nought

If that I speke of love, or [make it tough];

For douteles, if she have in hir thought

Him that I gesse, he may not been y-brought

So sone awey; but I shal finde a mene,

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