And therfor in her [lettre] thus she seyde
First, whan she of his falsnesse him umbreyde,
'[Why lyked me] thy yelow heer to see
More then the boundes of myn honestee,
Why lyked me thy youthe and thy fairnesse,
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And of thy tonge the infinit graciousnesse?
O, haddest thou in thy conquest deed y-be,
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Ful mikel untrouthe had ther dyed with thee!'