For ther-by to ben esed wel he wende,
And ay the ner he was, the more he brende.
65. For ay the ner the fyr, the hotter is,
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This, trowe I, knoweth al this companye.
But were he fer or neer, I dar seye this,
By night or day, for wysdom or folye,
His herte, which that is his brestes yë,
Was ay on hir, that fairer was to sene
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