[For to hir love were they so trewe],
*That, rather than they wolde take a newe,
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*They chosen to be dede in sundry wyse,
*And deyden, as the story wol devyse;
*And some were brend, and some were cut the hals,
*And some dreynt, for they wolden nat be fals.
*For alle keped they hir maydenhed,
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*Or elles wedlok, or hir widwehed.