And fals of love; hit com him of nature;

[As doth the fox Renard, the foxes sone],

Of kinde he coude his olde faders wone

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Withoute lore, as can a drake swimme,

Whan hit is caught and caried to the brimme.

This honourable Phillis doth him chere,

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Her lyketh wel his port and his manere.

But for I am [agroted] heer-biforn