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As doth your [lay], and that knowe alle ye;

But that is not the worste, as mote I thee;

But, tolde I yow the worste poynt, I leve,

Al seyde I sooth, ye wolden at me greve!

50. [But tak this], that ye loveres ofte eschuwe,

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Or elles doon of good entencioun,

Ful ofte thy lady wole it misconstrue,

And deme it harm in hir opinioun;