Is lavender in the grete court alway.
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†For she ne parteth, neither night ne day,
†Out of the hous of Cesar; thus seith Dante;
Who-so that goth, alwey she moot [nat] wante.
This man to yow may wrongly been accused,
†Ther as by right him oghte been excused.
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Or elles, sir, for that this man is nyce,
He may translate a thing in no malyce.