Al-thogh they were of greet renoun
For hir vertu and for hir thewes;
Thoughte I, as greet a fame han shrewes,
[Thogh hit be [but] for shrewednesse],
As gode folk han for goodnesse;
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And sith I may not have that oon,
That other nil I noght for-goon.
And [for to gette of Fames hyre],
The temple sette I al a-fyre.