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!'