Disblameth me, if any word be lame,

For as myn auctor seyde, so seye I.

Eek though I speke of love unfelingly,

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No wonder is, for it no-thing of newe is;

A blind man can nat Iuggen wel [in hewis].

[4]. Ye knowe eek, that in forme of speche is chaunge

With-inne a thousand yeer, and wordes tho

That hadden prys, now wonder nyce and straunge

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