Of al this blisse, in which to bathe I ginne?
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And thanked be ye, lord, for that I love!
This is the righte lyf that I am inne,
To flemen alle manere vyce and sinne:
This doth me so to vertu for to entende,
That day by day I in my wil amende.
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123. And who-so seyth that for to love is vyce,
Or thraldom, though he fele in it distressse,