*To trouthe of womanhede, and to this flour

*[That berth our alder prys in figuringe]!

*Hir whyte coroun berth the witnessinge!'

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And with that word, [a-compas enviroun],

†They setten hem ful softely adoun.

First sat the god of love, and sith his quene

†With the whyte coroun, clad in grene;

†And sithen al the remenant [by and by],

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