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*What seith also the [epistels] of Ovyde
*Of trewe wyves, and of hir labour?
*What [Vincent], in his Storial Mirour?
*Eek al the world of autours maystow here,
*Cristen and hethen, trete of swich matere;
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*It nedeth nat alday thus for tendyte.
*But yit I sey, what eyleth thee to wryte
*The draf of stories, and forgo the corn?