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The thredde part of wemen, ne the ferthe,
†Ne wende I nat by possibilitee
Hadden ever in this world y-be.
†And trewe of love these wemen were echoon.
†Now whether was that a wonder thing or noon,
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†That, right anon as that they gonne espye
†This flour, which that I clepe the dayesye,
†Ful sodeinly they stinten alle atones,