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,