Have ich had than another straunger wight,

So fro this forth I pray yow, day and night,

Comaundeth me, how sore that me smerte,

To doon al that may lyke un-to your herte;

20. And that ye me wolde as your brother trete,

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And taketh not my frendship in despyt;

And though your sorwes be for thinges grete,

Noot I not why, but out of more respyt,

Myn herte hath for to amende it greet delyt.