And what it is, I wol now that thou see.
I thenke, sith that love, of his goodnesse,
Hath thee converted out of wikkednesse,
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That thou shalt be the beste [post], I leve,
Of al his lay, and most his foos to-greve.
144. Ensample why, see now these wyse clerkes,
That [erren aldermost] a-yein a lawe,
And ben converted from hir wikked werkes
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