And in his pley [Tarquinius the yonge]
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Gan for to iape, for he was light of tonge,
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And seyde, that 'it was an ydel lyf;
No man did ther no more than his wyf;
And lat us speke of wyves, that is best;
Praise every man his owne, as him lest,
And with our speche lat us ese our herte.'
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