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And eft on hir, whyl that servyse laste.

46. And after this, not fulliche al [awhaped],

Out of the temple al esiliche he wente,

Repentinge him that he hadde ever y-iaped

Of loves folk, lest fully the descente

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Of scorn fille on him-self; but, what he mente,

Lest it were wist on any maner syde,

His wo he gan dissimulen and hyde.