265. Lo here, of Payens corsed olde rytes,
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Lo here, what alle hir goddes may availle;
Lo here, these wrecched worldes appetytes;
Lo here, the fyn and guerdon for travaille
Of Iove, Appollo, of Mars, of swich rascaille!
Lo here, the forme of olde clerkes speche
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In poetrye, if ye hir bokes seche.—
266. O [moral Gower], this book I directe