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So that I mighte liven and nat faile
To-morwe for tacheve my bataile,
I nolde never fro this place flee,
Til that ye shuld the verray preve see.
For now, if that the sooth I shal yow say,
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I have y-loved yow ful many a day,
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Thogh ye ne wiste hit nat, in my contree.