†That is an heresye ageyns my lawe,
†And makest wyse folk fro me withdrawe.
And of [Criseyde] thou hast seyd as thee liste,
That maketh men to wommen lasse triste,
That ben as trewe as ever was any steel.
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*Of thyn answere avyse thee right weel;
For, thogh that thou reneyed hast my lay,
As other wrecches han doon many a day,
[By seynt Venus], that my moder is,