†Whan she was preysed so in hir presence.

†Than seyde Love, 'a ful gret negligence

Was hit to thee, that ilke tyme thou made

*"Hyd, Absolon, thy tresses," [in balade],

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*That thou forgete hir in thy song to sette,

*Sin that thou art so gretly in hir dette,

And wost so wel, that [kalender] is she

*To any woman that wol lover be.

For she taughte al the craft of fyn lovinge,