Hir names by; for, out of drede,

They were almost of-thowed so,

That of the lettres oon or two

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Was molte away of every name;

So unfamous was wexe hir fame;

But men seyn, 'What may ever laste?'

Tho gan I in myn herte caste,

That they were molte awey with hete,

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