So hardy was to hir to wryte, and seyde,
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That love [it made], or elles moste he dye,
And pitously gan mercy for to crye;
And after that he seyde, and [ley] ful loude,
Him-self was litel worth, and lesse he coude;
155. And that she sholde han his conning excused,
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That litel was, and eek he dredde hir so,
And his unworthinesse he ay acused;