Ye loveres! for the conningest of yow,

That serveth most ententiflich and best,

[Him tit] as often harm ther-of as prow;

Your hyre is quit ayein, ye, god wot how!

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Nought wel for wel, but scorn for good servyse;

In feith, your [ordre] is ruled in good wyse!

49. In [noun-certeyn] ben alle your observaunces,

But it a sely fewe poyntes be;

Ne no-thing asketh so grete attendaunces