Biholden hir, and loken on hir face,

And seyde, 'on suche a mirour goode grace!'

39. Than thoughte he thus, 'if I my tale endyte

Ought hard, or make a proces any whyle,

She shal no savour han ther-in but lyte,

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And trowe I wolde hir in my wil bigyle.

For tendre wittes wenen al be wyle

Ther-as they can nat pleynly understonde;

For-thy hir wit [to serven] wol I fonde'—