she ne shal forsake him.
[Glose.] But natheles, some bokes han the text thus: For sothe,
she hath forsaken thee, ne ther nis no man siker that she ne
hath nat forsaken.
Holdestow than thilke welefulnesse precious to thee that shal
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passen? And is present Fortune dereworthe to thee, which that
nis nat feithful for to dwelle; and, whan she goth awey, that
she bringeth a wight in sorwe? For sin she may nat ben withholden
at a mannes wille, she maketh him a wrecche whan she